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Possible Evidence for a Binary Massive Black Hole in the Galactic Nucleus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

E.J.A. Meurs
E.J.A. Meurs*
Affiliation:
Dunsink Observatory Castleknock, Dublin 15, Ireland

Abstract

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The Galactic Centre candidate Sgr A∗ may exhibit a 40 km/s radial velocity component, which is not observed for OH/IR stars around the centre. This could be interpreted as orbital motion of one member of a binary massive black hole. In other galaxies such pairs may be inferred from radio jet precession and emission line profiles.

Type
Chapter 3: What is the Nature of the Center of the Galaxy?
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 169: Unsolved Problems of the Milky Way , 1996 , pp. 285 - 286
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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