Table · dataset · 2005
Proper motions in M15
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We present the results of an internal proper motion analysis of the inner region of M15 using Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 images.
Description
The motions of 704 stars with brightnesses above that of the cluster turnoff (V<18.3) are analyzed to determine the velocity dispersion profile within about 15" of the cluster center. The average signal-to-noise ratio of these motions is about 3, and stars in the innermost radial bin have an average core distance of only 0.7".
Assuming a distance to M15 of 10kpc, we estimate that the velocity dispersion within this innermost bin is 14.5+/-2.5km/s and that it slowly decreases outward, reaching a value of 9.8+/-0.8km/s at R=15.6". We find that the proper-motion dispersion profile is in good agreement with the predictions of recent N-body simulations that do not require the presence of a central intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH). The agreement between the observed profile and the N-body simulations is marginally improved if one assumes that when a neutron star is created as a result of stellar evolution, it escapes from the cluster.
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Based on the results of this study and a review of other investigations, it is concluded that there is little direct evidence that M15 possesses an intermediate-mass black hole.
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- Reference page cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/595/187 ↗
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- ADS 2003ApJ...595..187M ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003ApJ...595..187M ↗
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