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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, (398), p. L95, 1992

DOI: 10.1086/186585

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The nucleus of M31

Journal article published in 1992 by Fulvio Melia ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We calculate the broad-band spectrum expected of a 10 exp 7 solar mass black hole accreting from an ambient galactic wind in the nucleus of M31, and we discuss several testable predictions of this model: (1) when resolved, this source will probably be elongated, perhaps in the direction of the semistellar nucleus BD +40 148 deg; (2) its radio spectral index is expected to be about 0.4; (3) the radio component should steepen sharply between about 10 exp 10 and 10 exp 11 Hz; (4) if an association between this radio source and a nearby Einstein X-ray source is confirmed, its radio luminosity should be variable on a time of less than about 1 yr; and (5) the variability of its radio and X-ray fluxes should be anticorrelated.