Do intermediate mass black holes exist?
Abstract
I review the evidence in favour of the existence of intermediate mass black holes (IMBH) in a sub-set of the class of ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX). Their X-ray properties and information on their local environments is beginning to point towards the presence of IMBHs in some, and perhaps the most luminous, ULX.
- Publication:
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The Interplay Among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei
- Pub Date:
- November 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392130400136X
- Bibcode:
- 2004IAUS..222...21W