THE CHANDRA VIEW OF NGC 4178: THE LOWEST MASS BLACK HOLE IN A BULGELESS DISK GALAXY?

Using high-resolution Chandra data, we report the presence of a weak X-ray point source coincident with the nucleus of NGC 4178, a late-type bulgeless disk galaxy known to have high-ionization mid-infrared (mid-IR) lines typically associated with active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Although the faintness...

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