A Kiloparsec-scale Stellar Cavity in the Center of A402-BCG May Be Caused by Dynamic Interactions with an Ultramassive Black Hole

McDonald, Michael; Khullar, Gourav; Lagattuta, David; Mahler, Guillaume; Dattathri, Shashank; Diego, Jose M.; Edge, Alastair C.; Floyd, Benjamin; Gladders, Michael D.; Hughes, Scott A.; Jauzac, Mathilde; Khonji, Nader; Leroy, Gavin; Massey, Richard; Montes, Mireia; Natarajan, Priyamvada; Reefe, Michael; Sharon, Keren; van den Bosch, Frank; Werner, Stephane V.; Zitrin, Adi

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A Kiloparsec-scale Stellar Cavity in the Center of A402-BCG May Be Caused by Dynamic Interactions with an Ultramassive Black Hole

McDonald, Michael; Khullar, Gourav; Lagattuta, David et al.

2026 • In Astrophysical Journal. Letters, 1002 (1), p. 19

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Keywords :

Galaxy clusters; Galaxy nuclei; Supermassive black holes; Astrophysical black holes; 584; 609; 1663; 98

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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics

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McDonald, Michael

Khullar, Gourav

Lagattuta, David

Mahler, Guillaume ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Multi-wavelength Extragalactic and Galactic Astrophysics (MEGA)

Dattathri, Shashank

Diego, Jose M.

Edge, Alastair C.

Floyd, Benjamin

Gladders, Michael D.

Hughes, Scott A.

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English

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A Kiloparsec-scale Stellar Cavity in the Center of A402-BCG May Be Caused by Dynamic Interactions with an Ultramassive Black Hole

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May 2026

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Astrophysical Journal. Letters

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2041-8205

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2041-8213

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1002

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L19

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