Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: The Essential Population to Explore the Unified Model for Accretion and Ejection Processes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Universal Picture for Black Hole Accretion and Ejection
3. Radio Activities of IMBHs
4. The Black Hole Fundamental Plane of Involving IMBHs
5. The Correlation between the Size Scale of Outflows and the Masses of Accretors
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
AGNs | Active Galactic Nuclei |
IMBHs | Intermediate-mass black holes |
SBHs | Stellar-mass black holes |
SMBHs | Supermassive black holes |
XRBs | X-ray binaries |
YSOs | Young Stellar Objects |
GRGs | Giant Radio Galaxies |
RQ-AGNs | Radio-quiet AGNs |
RL-AGNs | Radio-loud AGNs |
VLBI | Very Long Baseline Interferometry |
VLBA | the Very Long Baseline Array |
VLA | the Very Large Array |
EVN | the European VLBI Network |
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J024656.39 − 003304.8 | < | |||
J090613.76 + 561015.1 | ||||
J095418.15 + 471725.1 | ||||
J144012.70 + 024743.5 | ||||
J152637.36 + 065941.6 | ||||
J160531.84 + 174826.1 | < | |||
J082443.28 + 295923.5 | ||||
J110501.98 + 594103.5 | ||||
J131659.37 + 035319.9 | ||||
J132428.24 + 044629.6 | ||||
J122112.82 + 182257.7 | < | |||
J111552.01 − 000436.1 | < | |||
NGC 404 | < | |||
NGC 4395 |
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Yang, X.; Yang, J. Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: The Essential Population to Explore the Unified Model for Accretion and Ejection Processes. Galaxies 2023, 11, 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies11020053
Yang X, Yang J. Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: The Essential Population to Explore the Unified Model for Accretion and Ejection Processes. Galaxies. 2023; 11(2):53. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies11020053
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Xiaolong, and Jun Yang. 2023. "Intermediate-Mass Black Holes: The Essential Population to Explore the Unified Model for Accretion and Ejection Processes" Galaxies 11, no. 2: 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/galaxies11020053