Supermassive black hole mass measurements for NGC 1300 and NGC 2748 based on HST emission-line gas kinematics by Atkinson, J, Collett, J, Marconi, A, Axon, D, Alonso-Herrero, A, Batcheldor, D, Binney, J, Capetti, A, Carollo, C, Dressel, L, Ford, H, Gerssen, J, Hughes, M, Macchetto, D, Maciejewski, W, Merrifield, MR, Scarlata, C, Sparks, W, Stiavelli, M, Tsvetanov, Z, Marel, R

“…The estimated mass of the black hole in NGC 1300 is 6.6 (+6.3, -3.2) x 10^7 solar masses and in NGC 2748 is 4.4 (+3.5, -3.6) x 10^7 solar masses (both at the 95% confidence level). …”

SS433: Observation of the circumbinary disc and extraction of the system mass by Blundell, K, Bowler, M, Schmidtobreick, L

“…The orbiting speed (approximately 200 km/s) of this ring material strongly favours a large mass for the enclosed system (around 40 solar masses), a large mass ratio for SS433, a mass for the compact object plus accretion disc of ~16 solar masses and hence the identity of the compact object as a rather massive stellar black hole.…”

New Gogny interaction suitable for astrophysical applications by C. Gonzalez-Boquera, M. Centelles, X. Viñas, L.M. Robledo

“…In the neutron-star domain, D1M⁎ predicts a maximal mass of two solar masses and global properties of the star in harmony with those obtained with the SLy4 Skyrme interaction. …”
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Cuspy Dark-Matter Haloes and the Galaxy by Binney, J, Evans, N

“…The microlensing optical depth to Baade's Window constrains the minimum total mass in baryonic matter within the Solar circle to be greater than 3.9 x 10^{10} solar masses, assuming the inner Galaxy is barred with viewing angle of roughly 20 degrees. …”

Further Evidence for the Bimodal Distribution of Neutron Star Masses by Schwab, J, Podsiadlowski, P, Rappaport, S

“…Based on the measured masses and eccentricities, we identify four neutron stars, which have a mean post-collapse gravitational mass of ~1.25 solar masses, as the product of e-capture SNe. We associate the remaining ten neutron stars, which have a mean mass of 1.35 solar masses, with Fe-core collapse SNe. …”

Further Studies of the Association of Planetary Nebula BMP J16135406 with Galactic Open Cluster NGC 6067 by Vasiliki Fragkou, Quentin A. Parker, Albert A. Zijlstra, Lisa Crause, Laurence Sabin, Roberto Vázquez

“…The cluster has a turn-off mass of around 5 solar masses that indicates a PN initial mass of around 5.6 solar masses. …”
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Asymmetric mass-loss from the white dwarf WD 0253+209 : Secret revealed by Binil Aryal

“…The total mass of the filamentary arc is found to be ~ 5 solar masses, as predicted. The mass loss rate of the post AGB star goes up to 10-5 solar masses per year. …”
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Evidence for Orbital Motion of Material Close to the Central Black Hole of Mrk 766 by Turner, T, Miller, L, George, I, Reeves, J

“…This yields a lower limit for the central mass of M > 4.9x10^5 solar masses within a radius of 3.6 x 10^13 cm (2.4 A.U.). …”

Response to Comment on “An excess of massive stars in the local 30 Doradus starburst” by Schneider, FRN, Sana, H, Evans, CJ, Bestenlehner, JM, Castro, N, Fossati, L, Gräfener, G, Langer, N, Ramírez-Agudelo, OH, Sabín-Sanjulián, C, Simón-Díaz, S, Tramper, F, Crowther, PA, De Koter, A, De Mink, SE, Dufton, PL, Garcia, M, Gieles, M, Hénault-Brunet, V, Herrero, A, Izzard, RG, Kalari, V, Lennon, DJ, Apellániz, J, Markova, N, Najarro, F, Podsiadlowski, P, Puls, J, Taylor, WD, Van Loon, JT, Vink, JS, Norman, C

“…Their technique results in more precise slopes than in our work, strengthening our conclusion that there is an excess of massive stars (>30 solar masses) in 30 Doradus.…”

Cold gas outflows from the Small Magellanic Cloud traced with ASKAP by McClure-Griffiths, N, Dénes, H, Dickey, J, Stanimirović, S, Staveley-Smith, L, Jameson, K, Di Teodoro, E, Allison, J, Collier, J, Chippendale, A, Franzen, T, Gürkan, G, Heald, G, Hotan, A, Kleiner, D, Lee-Waddell, K, McConnell, D, Popping, A, Rhee, J, Riseley, C, Voronkov, M, Whiting, M

“…The total mass of atomic gas in the outflow is about 107 solar masses (that is, about 3 per cent of the total atomic gas of the galaxy). …”

A massive, cooling-flow-induced starburst in the core of a highly luminous cluster of galaxies by McDonald, Michael A., Bautz, Marshall W., Simcoe, Robert A., Sullivan, Peter W., Miller, Eric D

“…These observations reveal an exceptionally luminous (8.2 × 10[superscript 45] erg s[supersript −1]) galaxy cluster that hosts an extremely strong cooling flow (around 3,820 solar masses a year). Further, the central galaxy in this cluster appears to be experiencing a massive starburst (formation of around 740 solar masses a year), which suggests that the feedback source responsible for preventing runaway cooling in nearby cool-core clusters may not yet be fully established in SPT-CLJ2344-4243. …”
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Planet Hunters: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet in a Quadruple Star System by Schwamb, M, Orosz, J, Carter, J, Welsh, W, Fischer, D, Torres, G, Howard, A, Crepp, JR, Keel, W, Lintott, C, Kaib, N, Terrell, D, Gagliano, R, Jek, K, Parrish, M, Smith, A, Lynn, S, Simpson, R, Giguere, M, Schawinski, K

“…The 6.18 +/- 0.17 Earth radii planet orbits outside the 20-day orbit of an eclipsing binary consisting of an F dwarf (1.734 +/- 0.044 Solar radii, 1.528 +/- 0.087 Solar masses) and M dwarf (0.378+/- 0.023 Solar radii, 0.408 +/- 0.024 Solar masses). …”

Energetic eruptions leading to a peculiar hydrogen-rich explosion of a massive star by Arcavi, I, Howell, DA, Kasen, D, Bildsten, L, Hosseinzadeh, G, McCully, C, Wong, ZC, Katz, SR, Gal-Yam, A, Sollerman, J, Taddia, F, Leloudas, G, Fremling, C, Nugent, PE, Horesh, A, Mooley, K, Rumsey, C, Cenko, SB, Graham, ML, Perley, DA, Nakar, E, Shaviv, NJ, Bromberg, O, Shen, KJ, Ofek, EO, Cao, Y, Wang, X, Huang, F, Rui, L, Zhang, T, Li, W, Li, Z, Zhang, J, Valenti, S, Guevel, D, Shappee, B, Kochanek, CS, Holoien, TW-S, Filippenko, AV, Fender, R, Nyholm, A, Yaron, O, Kasliwal, MM, Sullivan, M, Blagorodnova, N, Walters, RS, Lunnan, R, Khazov, D, Andreoni, I, Laher, RR, Konidaris, N, Wozniak, P, Bue, B

“…Multiple energetic pre-supernova eruptions are expected to occur in stars of 95 to 130 solar masses, which experience the pulsational pair instability. …”

Massive Star Mergers: Induced Mixing and Nucleosynthesis by Ivanova, N, Podsiadlowski, P

“…The systems of interest are close binaries, initially consisting of a massive red supergiant and a main-sequence companion of a few solar masses. We apply parameterized results based on hydrodynamical simulations to model the stream-core interaction and the response of the star in a standard stellar-evolution code. …”

Massive star mergers: Induced mixing and nucleosynthesis by Ivanova, N, Podsiadlowski, P

“…The systems of interest are close binaries, initially consisting of a massive red supergiant and a main-sequence companion of a few solar masses. We apply parameterized results based on hydrodynamical simulations to model the stream-core interaction and the response of the star in a standard stellar-evolution code. …”

Effects of anisotropy on the central dark mass in NGC 3115. New results from integral field spectroscopy by Anders, S, Thatte, N, Genzel, R

“…Investigations using long slit spectroscopic data have yielded strong evidence for the presence of a massive dark object of ca. 10(9) solar masses. NGC 3115 therefore appears to be a prominent candidate for hosting a black hole in its center. …”

The role of black holes in galaxy formation and evolution by Cattaneo, A, Faber, S, Binney, J, Dekel, A, Kormendy, J, Mushotzky, R, Babul, A, Best, P, Brueggen, M, Fabian, A, Frenk, C, Khalatyan, A, Netzer, H, Mahdavi, A, Silk, J, Steinmetz, M, Wisotzki, L

“…Virtually all massive galaxies, including our own, host central black holes ranging in mass from millions to billions of solar masses. The growth of these black holes releases vast amounts of energy that powers quasars and other weaker active galactic nuclei. …”

The role of black holes in galaxy formation and evolution. by Cattaneo, A, Faber, S, Binney, J, Dekel, A, Kormendy, J, Mushotzky, R, Babul, A, Best, P, Brüggen, M, Fabian, A, Frenk, C, Khalatyan, A, Netzer, H, Mahdavi, A, Silk, J, Steinmetz, M, Wisotzki, L

“…Virtually all massive galaxies, including our own, host central black holes ranging in mass from millions to billions of solar masses. The growth of these black holes releases vast amounts of energy that powers quasars and other weaker active galactic nuclei. …”

Electromagnetic accelerating universe by Paul H. Frampton

“…Adopting these assumptions and using an approximate formula relating Q and M, it is here suggested that, for PBHs with over a trillion solar masses, Coulomb repulsion can exceed gravitational attraction and that electromagnetic properties of dark matter are a possible cause for the observed accelerated cosmological expansion.…”
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Entropy of the Universe and Hierarchical Dark Matter by Paul H. Frampton

“…The lightest tier includes all PBHs with masses below one hundred solar masses. The second-lightest tier comprises intermediate-mass PIMBHs within galaxies, including the Milky Way. …”
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