Central Massive Black Holes Are Not Ubiquitous in Local Low-Mass Galaxies
Fan Zou et al 2025 ApJ 992 176 Though nearly all high-mass galaxies harbor massive central black holes, the black hole occupation fraction decreases to 66% for middling galaxies and just 33% for…
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