A very close binary black hole in a giant elliptical galaxy 3C 66B and its black hole merger

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 724, Issue 2 PART 2, 2010, Pages

  Iguchi, Satoru ^a   Okuda, Takeshi ^b   Sudou, Hiroshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: active; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: formation; Galaxies: individual (3C 66B)

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650241027     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/724/2/L166     Document Type: Article

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