1 code implementation • 23 Nov 2020 • Anwesh Bhattacharya, Nehal C. P., Mousumi Das, Abhishek Paswan, Snehanshu Saha, Francoise Combes
We present a novel algorithm to detect double nuclei galaxies (DNG) called GOTHIC (Graph BOosted iterated HIll Climbing) - that detects whether a given image of a galaxy has two or more closely separated nuclei.
no code implementations • 3 Apr 2020 • Gerrit Schellenberger, Laurence P. David, Jan Vrtilek, Ewan O'Sullivan, Jeremy Lim, William Forman, Ming Sun, Francoise Combes, Philippe Salome, Christine Jones, Simona Giacintucci, Alastair Edge, Fabio Gastaldello, Pasquale Temi, Fabrizio Brighenti, Sandro Bardelli
This indicates that the two giant molecular clouds seen in absorption are most likely within the sphere of influence of the supermassive black hole.
Astrophysics of Galaxies