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Hypervelocity Stars
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Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Hypervelocity stars (HVSs) travel with such extreme velocities that dynamical ejection via gravitational interaction with a massive black hole (MBH) is their most likely origin. Observers have discove... more
Source: Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Author Warren R. Brown
Institutions Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian
Cites: 197
Cited by: 155
Related to: 10
FWCI: 7.226
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 100
Topic: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze