Mass segregation in NGC 2298: Limits on the presence of an intermediate mass black hole

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 699, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1511-1517

  Pasquato, Mario ^a   Trenti, Michele ^b   De Marchi, Guido ^c   Gill, Michael ^d   Hamilton, Douglas P ^d   Miller, M Coleman ^d   Stiavelli, Massimo ^e   Van Der Marel, Roeland P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Globular clusters: general; Methods: N body simulations; Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149099470     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/1511     Document Type: Article

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