A supermassive black hole in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy

Anil C. Seth (), Remco van den Bosch, Steffen Mieske, Holger Baumgardt, Mark den Brok, Jay Strader, Nadine Neumayer, Igor Chilingarian, Michael Hilker, Richard McDermid, Lee Spitler, Jean Brodie, Matthias J. Frank and Jonelle L. Walsh
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Anil C. Seth: University of Utah, 115 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Remco van den Bosch: Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Steffen Mieske: European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Vitacura, Santiago, 7630355, Chile
Holger Baumgardt: School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland
Mark den Brok: University of Utah, 115 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
Jay Strader: Michigan State University
Nadine Neumayer: Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Igor Chilingarian: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden Street MS09
Michael Hilker: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
Richard McDermid: Australian Astronomical Observatory, 105 Delhi Road
Lee Spitler: Australian Astronomical Observatory, 105 Delhi Road
Jean Brodie: University of California
Matthias J. Frank: Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Königsstuhl 12, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Jonelle L. Walsh: The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1400

Nature, 2014, vol. 513, issue 7518, 398-400

Abstract: Dynamical modelling of the ultra-compact dwarf galaxy M60-UCD1 reveals the presence of a supermassive black hole; this suggests the object is a stripped galaxy nucleus and implies the existence of supermassive black holes in many other ultra-compact dwarf galaxies.

Date: 2014
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