The slope of the black hole mass versus velocity dispersion correlation
Observations of nearby galaxies reveal a strong correlation between the mass of the central dark object MBH and the velocity dispersion σ of the host galaxy, of the form log(MBH/M⊙) = α + βlog(σ/σ0); however, published estimates of the slope β span a wide range (3.75-5.3). Merritt and Ferrarese have...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2002
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