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在M33中没有超大质量黑洞?
D Merritt1, L Ferrarese, C L Joseph
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08854, USA. merritt@physics.rutgers.edu
概括
天文学家使用太空望远镜成像光谱仪观察M333.
科学领域:
- * 天体物理学和宇宙学
- * 银河系核和超大质量黑洞
背景情况:
- *M33是本地群中第三个最亮的星系.
- * 超大质量黑洞预计在它们的引力影响半径内,恒星速度会急剧上升.
- *以前的观测没有足够的分辨率来详细研究M33的核.
研究的目的:
- * 为了实现M33银河系核的前所未有的分辨率.
- * 为了研究银河系中心附近的恒星速度概况.
- * 为了限制M33.3中潜在的中央黑洞的质量.
主要方法:
- * 利用太空望远镜成像光谱仪 (STIS) 进行高分辨率观测.
- *分析了距离M33中心1个帕塞克内的恒星速度.
- * 将观察到的速度与超大质量黑洞影响模型进行比较.
主要成果:
- * 观察到随机恒星速度在距离M33中心1帕塞克之内下降.
- * 暗示中央黑洞的上限只有3000个太阳质量.
- * 这种质量明显低于其他已知的超大质量黑洞 (大小三级).
结论:
- *这些发现挑战了银河系核中典型的超大质量黑洞模型.
- * 在M33中推断的低黑洞质量表明独特的形成或进化途径.
- * 需要进一步的研究来了解这样的低质量黑洞与它们的主星系之间的关系.
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