A supermassive black hole in an ultra-compact dwarf galaxy.

Abstract:

:Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies are among the densest stellar systems in the Universe. These systems have masses of up to 2 × 10(8) solar masses, but half-light radii of just 3-50 parsecs. Dynamical mass estimates show that many such dwarfs are more massive than expected from their luminosity. It remains unclear whether these high dynamical mass estimates arise because of the presence of supermassive black holes or result from a non-standard stellar initial mass function that causes the average stellar mass to be higher than expected. Here we report adaptive optics kinematic data of the ultra-compact dwarf galaxy M60-UCD1 that show a central velocity dispersion peak exceeding 100 kilometres per second and modest rotation. Dynamical modelling of these data reveals the presence of a supermassive black hole with a mass of 2.1 × 10(7) solar masses. This is 15 per cent of the object's total mass. The high black hole mass and mass fraction suggest that M60-UCD1 is the stripped nucleus of a galaxy. Our analysis also shows that M60-UCD1's stellar mass is consistent with its luminosity, implying a large population of previously unrecognized supermassive black holes in other ultra-compact dwarf galaxies.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Seth AC,van den Bosch R,Mieske S,Baumgardt H,den Brok M,Strader J,Neumayer N,Chilingarian I,Hilker M,McDermid R,Spitler L,Brodie J,Frank MJ,Walsh JL

doi

10.1038/nature13762

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-09-18 00:00:00

pages

398-400

issue

7518

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

nature13762

journal_volume

513

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