The masses of nuclear black holes in luminous elliptical galaxies and implications for the space density of the most massive black holes
Black hole (BH) masses predicted from the Ṁ-σ relationship conflict with predictions from the Ṁ-L relationship for high-luminosity galaxies, such as brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). The Ṁ-L relationship predicts that some BCGs may harbor BHs with M approaching 1010 M⊙, while the Ṁ- σ relations...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Physics Publishing
2007
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