The Virial Factor and Biases in Single Epoch Black Hole Mass Determinations
Accurately determining the masses of supermassive black holes is crucial to understand their evolution and the establishment of their relationship with their host galaxy properties. Beyond the local universe, the single epoch mass estimation method provides a simple procedure to estimate black hole...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2017.00070/full |