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三个球状星团中中等质量黑洞的VLA极限

VLA Limits for Intermediate Mass Black Holes in Three Globular Clusters

F. N. Bash, K. Gebhardt, W. M. Goss, P. A. Vanden Bout

摘要:

球状星团中心黑洞的观测证据已经被广泛讨论,它们的存在对星团的形成和演化都有重要的影响。大多数证据来自动力学的论点,但解释是困难的,考虑到短的弛豫时间和年龄的集群。黑洞存在的最有力的标志之一是无线电和/或X射线发射。我们观测到三个球状星团,NGC 6093(M80),NGC 6266(M62)和NGC 7078(M15),其VLA分别为A和C组态,3-sigma噪声分别为36,36和25 microJy。我们没有发现任何的三个集群从中央区域的无线电发射的显著证据。NGC 6266显示了2-sigma检测。由于中心气体密度、吸积速率和吸积模型的不确定性,很难从这些上限推断出质量。

英文摘要:

The observational evidence for central black holes in globular clusters has been argued extensively, and their existence has important consequences for both the formation and evolution of the cluster. Most of the evidence comes from dynamical arguments, but the interpretation is difficult, given the short relaxation times and old ages of the clusters. One of the most robust signatures for the existence of a black hole is radio and/or X-ray emission. We observed three globular clusters, NGC6093 (M80), NGC6266 (M62), and NGC7078 (M15), with the VLA in the A and C configuration with a 3-sigma noise of 36, 36 and 25 microJy, respectively. We find no statistically-significant evidence for radio emission from the central region for any of the three clusters. NGC6266 shows a 2-sigma detection. It is difficult to infer a mass from these upper limits due to uncertainty about the central gas density, accretion rate, and accretion model.

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