An intermediate-mass black hole in the centre of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae
@article{Kzltan2017AnIB, title={An intermediate-mass black hole in the centre of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae}, author={B{\"u}lent Kızıltan and H. Baumgardt and A. Loeb}, journal={Nature}, year={2017}, volume={542}, pages={203-205} }
Intermediate-mass black holes should help us to understand the evolutionary connection between stellar-mass and super-massive black holes. However, the existence of intermediate-mass black holes is still uncertain, and their formation process is therefore unknown. It has long been suspected that black holes with masses 100 to 10,000 times that of the Sun should form and reside in dense stellar systems. Therefore, dedicated observational campaigns have targeted globular clusters for many decades… CONTINUE READING
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