The Search for Black Holes of Intermediate Masses with Ground-based and Space-borne Observatories and the Virtual Observatory Data


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Black holes, mysterious objects, have attracted scientists for several decades. Today we confidently observe two types of black holes, the black holes of stellar masses that occur as the result of the collapse of massive stars and supermassive blackholes in the central parts of galaxies. However in the late eighties of the XXth century astronomers found observational evidences for one more type of black holes, the black holes of intermediate masses. In this article we discuss how modern ground-based and space-borne telescopes and the Virtual observatory help astronomers to search and discover the black holes of this particular type.

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V. S Goradzhanov

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Lomonosov Moscow State University

Moscow, Russia; Moscow, Russia

V. A Toptun

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Lomonosov Moscow State University

Moscow, Russia; Moscow, Russia

I. Yu Zolotukhin

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Moscow, Russia

I. Yu Katkov

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University; New York University in Abu Dhabi

Moscow, Russia; Abu Dhabi, UAE

I. V Chilingaryan

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Moscow, Russia; USA

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