A supermassive black hole in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy

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.

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Main Authors:	Seth, Anil C. (Author) , Van den Bosch, Remco (Author) , Mieske, Steffen (Author) , Baumgardt, Holger (Author) , Brok, Mark den (Author) , Strader, Jay (Author) , Neumayer, Nadine (Author) , Chilingarian, Igor (Author) , Hilker, Michael (Author) , McDermid, Richard (Author) , Spitler, Lee (Author) , Brodie, Jean (Author) , Frank, Matthias Johannes (Author) , Walsh, Jonelle L. (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	2014
In:	Nature Year: 2014, Volume: 513, Issue: 7518, Pages: 398-400
ISSN:	1476-4687
DOI:	10.1038/nature13762
Online Access:	Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13762 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature13762 Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v513/n7518/full/nature13762.html
Author Notes:	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 & Jonelle L. Walsh