scholarly journals The Low End of the Supermassive Black Hole Mass Function: Constraining the Mass of a Nuclear Black Hole in NGC 205 via Stellar Kinematics

2005 ◽  
Vol 628 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica Valluri ◽  
Laura Ferrarese ◽  
David Merritt ◽  
Charles L. Joseph
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Black Hole Mass ◽  
Stellar Kinematics ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole

scholarly journals The Supermassive Black Hole at the Heart of Centaurus A: Revealed by the Kinematics of Gas and Stars

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine Neumayer
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Adaptive Optics ◽  
Accurate Determination ◽  
Black Hole Mass ◽  
Stellar Kinematics ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole ◽  
Integral Field Spectroscopy ◽  
Very Large Telescope ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Centaurus A

AbstractAt less than 4 Mpc distance the radio galaxy NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) is the prime example to study the supermassive black hole and its influence on the environment in great detail. To model and understand the feeding and feedback mechanisms one needs an accurate determination of the mass of the supermassive black hole. The aim of this review is to give an overview of the recent studies that have been dedicated to measure the black hole mass in Centaurus A from both gas and stellar kinematics. It shows how the advancement in observing techniques and instrumentation drive the field of black hole mass measurements and concludes that adaptive optics assisted integral field spectroscopy is the key to identify the effects of the AGN on the surrounding ionised gas. Using data from SINFONI at the ESO Very Large Telescope, the best-fit black hole mass is MBH = 4.5(+1.7, −1.0) × 107 M⊙ (from H2 kinematics) and MBH = (5.5 ± 3.0) × 107 M⊙ (from stellar kinematics). This is one of the cleanest gas-versus-star comparisons of a MBH determination, and brings Centaurus A into agreement with the MBH−σ relation.

scholarly journals The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: theMbh–Lspheroidderived supermassive black hole mass function

2009 ◽  
Vol 400 (3) ◽  
pp. 1451-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Vika ◽  
Simon P. Driver ◽  
Alister W. Graham ◽  
Jochen Liske
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Black Hole Mass ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole

scholarly journals The Dark Matter Halo Density Profile, Spiral Arm Morphology, and Supermassive Black Hole Mass of M33

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc S. Seigar
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Density Profile ◽  
Pitch Angle ◽  
Rotation Curve ◽  
Dark Matter Halo ◽  
Black Hole Mass ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole ◽  
Virial Mass ◽  
Spiral Arm

We investigate the dark matter halo density profile of M33. We find that the HI rotation curve of M33 is best described by an NFW dark matter halo density profile model, with a halo concentration of and a virial mass of . We go on to use the NFW concentration of M33, along with the values derived for other galaxies (as found in the literature), to show that correlates with both spiral arm pitch angle and supermassive black hole mass.

scholarly journals Supermassive black hole mass regulated by host galaxy morphology

2009 ◽  
Vol 400 (4) ◽  
pp. 1803-1807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Watabe ◽  
N. Kawakatu ◽  
M. Imanishi ◽  
T. T. Takeuchi
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Black Hole Mass ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole ◽  
Galaxy Morphology
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