Massive black holes in nuclear star clusters - investigation with SRG/eROSITA X-ray data

Context. Massive black holes (MBHs) are typically hosted in the centres of massive galaxies but they appear to become rarer in lower mass galaxies, where nuclear star clusters (NSCs) frequently appear instead. The transition region, where both an MBH and NSC can co-exist, has been poorly studied to...

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Hauptverfasser: Hoyer, Nils (VerfasserIn) , Arcodia, R. (VerfasserIn) , Bonoli, S. (VerfasserIn) , Merloni, A. (VerfasserIn) , Neumayer, Nadine (VerfasserIn) , Zhang, Y. (VerfasserIn) , Comparat, J. (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: February 2024
In: Astronomy and astrophysics
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 682, Pages: 1-11
ISSN:1432-0746
DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202347665
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347665
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Verfasserangaben:N. Hoyer, R. Arcodia, S. Bonoli, A. Merloni, N. Neumayer, Y. Zhang, and J. Comparat

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