MASSES OF NEARBY SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES WITH VERY LONG BASELINE INTERFEROMETRY
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Masses of Nearby Supermassive Black Holes with Very Long Baseline Interferometry
Dynamical mass measurements to date have allowed determinations of the mass M and the distance D of a number of nearby supermassive black holes. In the case of Sgr A*, these measurements are limited by a strong correlation between the mass and distance scaling roughly as M ∼ D2. Future very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) observations will image a bright and narrow ring surrounding the sha...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Astrophysical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0004-637X,1538-4357
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/758/1/30