Nuclear star clusters & black holes
- Seth, Anil
- Cappellari, Michele
- Stephens, Andrew
- Neumayer, Nadine
- Caldwell, Nelson
- Bastian, Nate
- Olsen, Knut
- Blum, Robert
- Debattista, Victor P
- McDermid, Richard
- Puzia, Thomas
Publication date
January 2010
DOI Publisher
AIP Publishing Journal
ISSN:0094-243X Citation count (estimate)
3Abstract
We summarize the recent results of our survey of the nearest nuclear star clusters. The purpose of the survey is to understand nuclear star cluster formation mechanisms and constrain the presence of black holes using adaptive optics assisted integral field spectroscopy, optical spectroscopy, and HST imaging in 13 galaxies within 5 Mpc. We discuss the formation history of the nuclear star cluster and possible detection of an intermediate mass BH in NGC 404, the nearest S0 galaxy.4 page(s
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