Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2001-07-06
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages 4 figures, 2001, accepted by ApJL
Scientific paper
10.1086/323139
Recent observational results on high spatial resolution images of ultra-luminous infrared galaxies (ULIGs) have revealed very luminous, young, compact, and heavily obscured super star clusters in their central regions, suggested to be formed by gas-rich major mergers. By using stellar and gaseous numerical simulations of galaxy mergers, we firstly demonstrate that the central regions of ULIGs are the most promising formation sites of super star clusters owing to the rather high gaseous pressure of the interstellar medium. Based on simple analytical arguments, we secondly discuss the possibility that super star clusters in an ULIG can be efficiently transferred into the nuclear region owing to dynamical friction and consequently merge with one another to form a single compact stellar nucleus with a seed massive black hole. We thus suggest that multiple merging between super star clusters formed by nuclear starbursts in the central regions of ULIGs can result in the formation of massive black holes.
Bekki Kenji
Couch Warrick J.
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