Very Large Array Limits For Intermediate-Mass Black Holes In Three Globular Clusters

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dc.contributor.utaustinauthorBash, F. N.en_US
dc.contributor.utaustinauthorGebhardt, K.en_US
dc.creatorBash, F. N.en_US
dc.creatorGebhardt, K.en_US
dc.creatorGoss, W. M.en_US
dc.creatorBout, P. A. V.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-22T19:44:53Z
dc.date.available2016-04-22T19:44:53Z
dc.date.issued2008-01en
dc.description.abstractThe observational evidence for central black holes in globular clusters has been argued extensively, and their existence has important consequences for both the formation and evolution of the cluster. Most of the evidence comes from dynamical arguments, but the interpretation is difficult, given the short relaxation times and old ages of the clusters. One of the most robust signatures for the existence of a BH is radio and/or X-ray emission. We observed three globular clusters: NGC6093 (M80), NGC6266 (M62), and NGC7078 (M15), with the Very Large Array (VLA) in the A and C configuration with a 3-sigma noise of 36, 36, and 25 mu Jy, respectively. We find no statistically significant evidence for radio emission from the central region for any of the three clusters. NGC6266 shows a 2-sigma detection. It is difficult to infer a mass from these upper limits clue to uncertainty about the central gas density, accretion rate, and accretion model.en_US
dc.description.departmentAstronomyen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2W79Z
dc.identifier.citationBash, F. N., K. Gebhardt, W. M. Goss, and PA Vanden Bout. >Very large array limits for intermediate-mass black holes in three globular clusters.> The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 135, No. 1 (Jan., 2008): 182.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0004-6256/135/1/182en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-6256en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/34363
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofserialAstronomical Journalen_US
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dc.subjectaccretion, accretion disksen_US
dc.subjectblack hole physicsen_US
dc.subjectglobular clusters :en_US
dc.subjectgeneralen_US
dc.subjectradio continuum : generalen_US
dc.subjectdense star-clustersen_US
dc.subjectbh-sigma relationen_US
dc.subjectx-ray binaryen_US
dc.subjectm15en_US
dc.subjectg1en_US
dc.subjectgalaxiesen_US
dc.subjectastronomy & astrophysicsen_US
dc.titleVery Large Array Limits For Intermediate-Mass Black Holes In Three Globular Clustersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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