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| Paper: |
Intermediate-Mass Black Holes in Globular Cluster Systems |
| Monograph: |
7, Science with a Next Generation Very Large Array |
| Page: |
743 |
| Authors: |
Wrobel, J. M.; Miller-Jones, J. C. A.; Nyland, K. E.; Maccarone, T. J. |
| Abstract: |
Using the next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA), we will make a comprehensive inventory of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) in hundreds of globular cluster systems out to a distance of 25 Mpc. IMBHs have masses MIMBH∼ 100–100,000 M☉. Finding them in globular clusters would validate a formation channel for seed black holes in the early universe and inform event predictions for gravitational wave facilities. Reaching a large number of globular clusters is key, as Fragione et al. (2018) predict that only a few percent will have retained their gravitational-wave fostering IMBHs. |
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