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Seeding Supermassive Black Holes with Self-interacting Dark Matter: A Unified Scenario with Baryons [PDF]
Observations show that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) with a mass of ∼109 M ⊙ exist when the universe is just 6% of its current age. We propose a scenario where a self-interacting dark matter halo experiences gravothermal instability and its central ...
Wei-Xiang Feng, Hai-Bo Yu, Yi-Ming Zhong
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An Upper Limit on the Charge of the Black Hole Sgr A* from EHT Observations
The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) recently released an image of the supermassive black hole Sgr A* showing an angular shadow diameter d _sh = 48.7 ± 7 μ as and Schwarzschild shadow deviation $\delta =-{0.08}_{-0.09}^{+0.09}\,(\mathrm{VLTI})$ , $-{0.04}_{-
Sushant G. Ghosh, Misba Afrin
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Coevolution (Or Not) of Supermassive Black Holes and Host Galaxies [PDF]
Supermassive black holes (BHs) have been found in 85 galaxies by dynamical modeling of spatially resolved kinematics. The Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized BH research by advancing the subject from its proof-of-concept phase into quantitative studies
J. Kormendy, L. Ho
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A Fundamental Relation between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies [PDF]
The masses of supermassive black holes correlate almost perfectly with the velocity dispersions of their host bulges, Mbh ∝ σα, where α = 4.8 ± 0.5. The relation is much tighter than the relation between Mbh and bulge luminosity, with a scatter no larger
L. Ferrarese, D. Merritt
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Written by an international leader in the field, this is a coherent and accessible account of the concepts that are now vital for understanding cutting-edge work on supermassive black holes.
Andrew R. King
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Decomposition of the central structure of NGC 2273 in the NIR: A case study
Abstract The Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 2273 is a prime target to explore how active nuclei can be fed. It has a star‐forming innermost nuclear ring with a radius of 0.33kpc from where material may be funneled to the supermassive black hole in its center. In this article, we discuss high‐resolution adaptive optics aided JHKs images of NGC 2273 taken with the
L. Schey +13 more
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Supermassive black holes from the center of galaxy may be immersed in a dark matter halo. This dark matter halo may form a “cusp” structure around the black hole and disappear at a certain distance from the black hole.
Dong Liu +4 more
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A Global Inventory of Feedback
Feedback from both supermassive black holes and massive stars plays a fundamental role in the evolution of galaxies and the inter-galactic medium. In this paper, we use available data to estimate the total amount of kinetic energy and momentum created ...
Timothy M. Heckman, Philip N. Best
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The MEGaN project II. Gravitational waves from intermediate-mass and binary black holes around a supermassive black hole [PDF]
We investigate the evolution of intermediate-mass (IMBHs), stellar (BHs) and binary black holes (BHBs), deposited near a supermassive black hole (SMBH) by a population of massive star clusters.
M. Arca-Sedda, R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta
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The Potsdam Arrayed Waveguide Spectrograph (PAWS) is based on an integrated photonic spectrograph designed and developed by innoFSPEC to work in the astronomical H‐band. PAWS demonstrates how a traditional bulk optics spectrograph can be miniaturized and additionally serves as a tool for testing in‐house developed astrophotonical devices.
Eloy Hernandez +6 more
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