The Search for an Intermediate Mass Black Hole in NGC 6266

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Jan 2010

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #404.13; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.226

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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We report preliminary results of our search for an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) in the core of the galactic globular cluster NGC 6266. Based on a comparison between the observed central surface brightness profiles of 38 globular clusters and state-of- the-art N-body simulations, NGC 6266 offers the best hope of detecting an IMBH among these objects. The core velocity dispersion profile of NGC 6266 was measured using proper motions computed from HST WFPC2 images and is compared to that expected for a range of masses for a centrally located IMBH.

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