Title:Does the globular cluster NGC 6388 host an intermediate-mass black hole?

Abstract:
Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are of interest in a wide range of astrophysical fields. Especially the 
possibility of finding them at the centers of globular clusters has drawn the attention of today astronomers. 
IMBHs became detectable since the quality of observational data sets, especially those obtained with the 
HST but also high resolution ground based spectrographs, advanced to the point where it is possible to 
measure velocity dispersions at a spatial resolution comparable to the size of the sphere of influence for 
plausible IMBH masses (1 - 2 arcsec.). I present results from ground based spectroscopy in combination 
with HST data of the globular cluster NGC 6388. The spectroscopic data, containing integral field unit 
measurements, can provide kinematic signatures in the center of the cluster while the photometric data 
gives information of the stellar densities and the cluster center. Together these data are compared to 
dynamical models and present evidences of an additional compact dark mass at the center: a black hole.