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Detection of IMBHs from microlensing in globular clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Margarita Safonova  and
Sohrab Rahvar
Margarita Safonova
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore, 560034, India email: rita@iiap.res.in
Sohrab Rahvar
Affiliation:
School of Physics, Institute for Theoretical Studies in Physics and Mathematics, Farmanieh Building, Tehran, Iranrahvar@physics.ipm.ir
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Abstract

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Globular clusters have been long predicted to host intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) in their centres. The growing evidence that some/all Galactic globular clusters (GCs) could harbour middle range (102 – 104M⊙) black holes, just as galaxies do, stimulates the searches and the development of new methods for proving their existence. Here we propose another method of detection – the microlensing of the cluster stars by the central BH.

Keywords

Gravitational lensing(Galaxy:) globular clusters: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S238: Black Holes from Stars to Galaxies – Across the Range of Masses , August 2006 , pp. 439 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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