The Virial Factor and Biases in Single Epoch Black Hole Mass Determinations

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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Main Authors: Julián E. Mejía-Restrepo, Paulina Lira, Hagai Netzer, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Daniel Capellupo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Subjects:
active galactic nuclei
supermassive black holes
broad line region
accretion discs
virial coefficient
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2017.00070/full

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