2002/12/13 by Peter Erwin, Erwin, Peter, Alister W. Graham +4
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0212335
LaTeX, 5 pages, 3 EPS figures. To appear in "Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Vol. 1: Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies," ed. L.C. Ho (Pasadena: Carnegie Observatories, http://www.ociw.edu/ociw/symposia/series/symposium1/proceedings.html)
openalex publication_date 2002/12/13 · arxiv created 2002/12/14 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2019/06/27 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We demonstrate a strong correlation between supermassive black hole (SMBH)\nmass and the global structure of ellipticals and bulges: more centrally\nconcentrated bulges and ellipticals (higher Sersic index n) host higher-mass\nblack holes. This correlation is as good as that previously found between SMBH\nmass and central velocity dispersion, with comparable scatter. In addition, by\ncarefully modeling the bulges of disk galaxies so that bars, inner disks, and\nthe like do not accidentally contribute to bulge light, we find that the\ncorrelation between SMBH mass and bulge or elliptical luminosity is similarly\nclose.\n