Density and kinematic cusps in M54 at the heart of the sagittarius dwarf galaxy: Evidence for A 104 M · BLACK HOLE?

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 699, Issue 2 PART 2, 2009, Pages

  Ibata, R ^a   Bellazzini, M ^b   Chapman, S C ^c   Dalessandro, E ^d   Ferraro, F ^d   Irwin, M ^c   Lanzoni, B ^d   Lewis, G F ^e   MacKey, A D ^f   Miocchi, P ^d   Varghese, A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Globular clusters: individual (M54); Stellar dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950656613     PISSN: 2041-820     EISSN: 2041-821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/699/2/L169     Document Type: Article

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