The mass function of nearby black hole candidates

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 521, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Caramete, L I ^a,b,c   Biermann, P L ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPACE SCIENCES   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^f KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

acceleration of particles; black hole physics; galaxies: general

Indexed keywords

GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; LIBRARIES; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACCELERATION OF PARTICLES; BLACK HOLE CANDIDATES; BLACK HOLE MASS; BLACK HOLE PHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; GALACTIC PLANE; GALAXIES: GENERAL; LIMITED DISTRIBUTION; MASS FUNCTIONS; POWER-LAW; RED SHIFT; REDSHIFT RANGE; SELECTION BASED; STAR CLUSTERS; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES; ULTRA-HIGH ENERGIES;

STARS;

EID: 77958457627     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913146     Document Type: Article

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