The Accurate Mass Distribution of M87, the Giant Galaxy with Imaged Shadow of Its Supermassive Black Hole, as a Portal to New Physics

The very careful Event Horizon Telescope estimate of the mass of the supermassive black hole at the center of the giant cD galaxy M87, allied with recent high-quality photometric and spectroscopic measurements, yields a proper dark/luminous mass decomposition from the galaxy center to its virial rad...

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Main Authors: De Laurentis, M. (Author), Salucci, P. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing Ltd 2022
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