A relationship between nuclear black hole mass and galaxy velocity dispersion

We describe a correlation between the mass Mbh of a galaxy's central black hole and the luminosity-weighted line-of-sight velocity dispersion σe within the half-light radius. The result is based on a sample of 26 galaxies, including 13 galaxies with new determinations of black hole masses from...

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Main Authors: Gebhardt, K, Bender, R, Bower, G, Dressler, A, Faber, S, Filippenko, A, Green, R, Grillmair, C, Ho, L, Kormendy, J, Lauer, T, Magorrian, J, Pinkney, J, Richstone, D, Tremaine, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000