Journal article
WANDERING BLACK HOLES IN BRIGHT DISK GALAXY HALOS
Abstract
We perform SPH+N-body cosmological simulations of massive disk galaxies, including a formalism for black hole (BH) seed formation and growth, and find that satellite galaxies containing supermassive BH seeds are often stripped as they merge with the primary galaxy. These events naturally create a population of “wandering” BHs that are the remnants of stripped satellite cores; galaxies like the Milky Way may host 5–15 of these objects within …
Authors
Bellovary JM; Governato F; Quinn TR; Wadsley J; Shen S; Volonteri M
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 721, No. 2, pp. l148–l152
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
October 1, 2010
DOI
10.1088/2041-8205/721/2/l148
ISSN
2041-8205