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Mass of the southern black hole in NGC6240 from laser guide star adaptive optics

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Medling, Anne; Ammons, S Mark; Max, Claire; Davies, Richard I; Engel, Hauke; Canalizo, G

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NGC6240 is a pair of colliding disk galaxies, each with a black hole in its core. We have used laser guide star adaptive optics on the Keck II telescope to obtain high-resolution (∼006) near-infrared integral-field spectra of the region surrounding the

dc.contributor.authorMedling, Anne
dc.contributor.authorAmmons, S Mark
dc.contributor.authorMax, Claire
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Richard I
dc.contributor.authorEngel, Hauke
dc.contributor.authorCanalizo, G
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:17:52Z
dc.identifier.issn0004-637X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/71362
dc.description.abstractNGC6240 is a pair of colliding disk galaxies, each with a black hole in its core. We have used laser guide star adaptive optics on the Keck II telescope to obtain high-resolution (∼006) near-infrared integral-field spectra of the region surrounding the
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.sourceAstrophysical Journal, The
dc.subjectKeywords: galaxies: individual (NGC 6240); galaxies: interactions; galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; galaxies: nuclei
dc.titleMass of the southern black hole in NGC6240 from laser guide star adaptive optics
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume743
dc.date.issued2011
local.identifier.absfor020103 - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astronomy
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB2679
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationMedling, Anne, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationAmmons, S Mark, University of Arizona
local.contributor.affiliationMax, Claire, University of California
local.contributor.affiliationDavies, Richard I, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
local.contributor.affiliationEngel, Hauke, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
local.contributor.affiliationCanalizo, G, University of California
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue1
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage32
local.identifier.doi10.1088/0004-637X/743/1/32
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T10:02:17Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-81855203376
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