A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host
Galaxies
L. Ferrarese, and D. Merritt. (2000)cite arxiv:astro-ph/0006053Comment: ApJ, 539, L9. Rutgers Astrophysics Preprint Series No. 274 This version is slightly modified to fit within the ApJL page limits.
DOI: 10.1086/312838
Abstract
The masses of supermassive black holes correlate almost perfectly with the
velocity dispersions of their host bulges, M(BH) ~ sigma^alpha, where alpha
=4.8 +/- 0.5$. The relation is much tighter than the relation between M(BH) and
bulge luminosity, with a scatter no larger than expected on the basis of
measurement error alone. Black hole masses estimated by Magorrian et al. (1998)
lie systematically above the M(BH)-sigma relation defined by more accurate mass
estimates, some by as much as two orders of magnitude. The tightness of the
M(BH)-sigma relation implies a strong link between black hole formation and the
properties of the stellar bulge.
Description
[astro-ph/0006053] A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies
cite arxiv:astro-ph/0006053Comment: ApJ, 539, L9. Rutgers Astrophysics Preprint Series No. 274 This version is slightly modified to fit within the ApJL page limits
%0 Generic
%1 ferrarese2000fundamental
%A Ferrarese, Laura
%A Merritt, David
%D 2000
%K black holes supermassive
%R 10.1086/312838
%T A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host
Galaxies
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0006053
%X The masses of supermassive black holes correlate almost perfectly with the
velocity dispersions of their host bulges, M(BH) ~ sigma^alpha, where alpha
=4.8 +/- 0.5$. The relation is much tighter than the relation between M(BH) and
bulge luminosity, with a scatter no larger than expected on the basis of
measurement error alone. Black hole masses estimated by Magorrian et al. (1998)
lie systematically above the M(BH)-sigma relation defined by more accurate mass
estimates, some by as much as two orders of magnitude. The tightness of the
M(BH)-sigma relation implies a strong link between black hole formation and the
properties of the stellar bulge.
@misc{ferrarese2000fundamental,
abstract = {The masses of supermassive black holes correlate almost perfectly with the
velocity dispersions of their host bulges, M(BH) ~ sigma^alpha, where alpha
=4.8 +/- 0.5$. The relation is much tighter than the relation between M(BH) and
bulge luminosity, with a scatter no larger than expected on the basis of
measurement error alone. Black hole masses estimated by Magorrian et al. (1998)
lie systematically above the M(BH)-sigma relation defined by more accurate mass
estimates, some by as much as two orders of magnitude. The tightness of the
M(BH)-sigma relation implies a strong link between black hole formation and the
properties of the stellar bulge.},
added-at = {2014-02-21T18:42:49.000+0100},
author = {Ferrarese, Laura and Merritt, David},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a2bbb3dbc64e10a3f2fddee585f75cb0/microcuts},
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note = {cite arxiv:astro-ph/0006053Comment: ApJ, 539, L9. Rutgers Astrophysics Preprint Series No. 274 This version is slightly modified to fit within the ApJL page limits},
timestamp = {2014-02-21T18:42:49.000+0100},
title = {A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host
Galaxies},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0006053},
year = 2000
}