Abstract
The high velocity gradient observed in the compact cloud CO-0.40-0.22, at a projected distance of 60 pc from the centre of the Milky Way, has led its discoverers to identify the closeby mm continuum emitter, CO-0.40-0.22*, with an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) candidate. We describe the interaction between CO-0.40-0.22 and the IMBH, by means of a simple analytical model and of hydrodynamical simulations. Through such calculation, we obtain a lower limit to the mass of CO-0.40-0.22* of few 104×M⊙. This result tends to exclude the formation of such massive black hole in the proximity of the Galactic Centre. On the other hand, CO-0.40-0.22* might have been brought to such distances in cosmological time-scales, if it was born in a dark matter halo or globular cluster around the Milky Way.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4684-4692 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society |
Volume | 480 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Black hole physics
- Galaxy: centre
- ISM: clouds
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Space and Planetary Science