Understanding the environment around the intermediate mass black hole candidate ESO 243-49 HLX-1

N. A. Webb, A. Guérou, B. Ciambur +12

Aims. ESO 243-49 HLX-1, otherwise known as HLX-1, is an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) candidate located 8" (3.7 Kpc) from the centre of the edge-on S0 galaxy ESO 243-49. How…