Artist's Impression of the Clouds Scattered by An Intermediate Mass Black Hole (IMAGE)

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Artist's Impression of the Clouds Scattered by An Intermediate Mass Black Hole

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Molecular clouds scattered by an intermediate black hole show very wide velocity dispersion. This scenario well explains the observational features of a peculiar molecular cloud CO-0.40-0.22.

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Keio University

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