Draft:RBH-1
RBH-1 (Runaway Black Hole 1) is a rogue supermassive black hole ejected into intergalactic space by a galaxy merger collision occurring in the Cosmic Owl galaxy pair. As it is plowing through the intracluster medium, its ram pressure bowshock is compressing the intergalactic gas in its wake into a linear stream of newly birth stars emerging behind it pointing to the galaxy where it was ejected. This stream is identified as galaxy RCP 28 (SMDG J0241411-082050). RBH-1's passage has caused the discovery of the first known example of this astrophysical phenomenon, as RCP 28. RBH-1 itself is the first known example of a runaway supermassive black hole.
Further reading
[edit]- van Dokkum, Pieter; Pasha, Imad; Buzzo, Maria Luisa; LaMassa, Stephanie; Shen, Zili; Keim, Michael A.; Abraham, Roberto; Conroy, Charlie; Danieli, Shany; Mitra, Kaustav; Nagai, Daisuke; Natarajan, Priyamvada; Romanowsky, Aaron J.; Tremblay, Grant; Urry, C. Megan; van den Bosch, Frank C. (9 February 2023). "A Candidate Runaway Supermassive Black Hole Identified by Shocks and Star Formation in its Wake". The Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL). 946 (2). American Astronomical Society (AAS) (published April 2023): L50. arXiv:2302.04888. Bibcode:2023ApJ...946L..50V. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/acba86. L50.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Tousif Islam, Tejaswi Venumadhav, Digvijay Wadekar (26 January 2026). "Progenitor of the recoiling super-massive black hole RBH-1 identified using HST/JWST imaging". Physical Review Letters (Phys. Rev. Lett.). American Physical Society (APS). arXiv:2601.18986. Bibcode:2026arXiv260118986I. doi:10.1103/fm3n-sy3f.
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