Detection of a Compact Nuclear Radio Source in the Local Group Elliptical Galaxy M32

@article{Yang2015DetectionOA,
  title={Detection of a Compact Nuclear Radio Source in the Local Group Elliptical Galaxy M32},
  author={Yang Yang and Zhiyuan Li and Lor{\'a}nt O. Sjouwerman and Q. Daniel Wang and Qiusheng Gu and Ralph P. Kraft and Fenge Yuan},
  journal={arXiv: Astrophysics of Galaxies},
  year={2015}
}
The Local Group compact elliptical galaxy M32 hosts one of the nearest candidate super-massive black holes (SMBHs), which has a previously suggested X-ray counterpart. Based on sensitive observations taken with the {\it Karl G. Jansky} Very Large Array (VLA), we detect for the first time a compact radio source coincident with the nucleus of M32, which exhibits an integrated flux density of $\sim$$47.3\pm6.1$ $\mu$Jy at 6.6 GHz. We discuss several possibilities for the nature of this source… 
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