The Galactic Centre star S2 as a dynamical probe for intermediate-mass black holes

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1146-1154

  Gualandris, A ^a   Gillessen, S ^b   Merritt, D ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxy: centre; Methods: numerical; Stars: kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; INFRARED DEVICES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELATIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

BLACK HOLE PHYSICS; GALACTIC CENTER; GALAXY CENTER; INTERMEDIATE MASS BLACK HOLES; METHOD: NUMERICAL; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING; SHORT PERIODS; SHORT-TERM EFFECTS; STAR KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES;

STARS;

EID: 78649759578     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17373.x     Document Type: Article

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