Estimating Supermassive Black Hole Mass Through Radio/X-Ray Luminosity Relation of X-Ray Bright Galactic Nuclei

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2000-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009267v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

19 pages, 3 ps figures, Submitted to ApJL

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It has been suggested that optically thin and geometrically thick accretion flows are responsible for the observed radio/X-ray luminosity relation of the X-ray bright galactic nuclei. If this is the case then central supermassive black hole masses can be estimated directly from measurements of the core radio luminosity and the X-ray luminosity, provided that properties of such accretion flows are known. Calculated ratios of the luminosities are presented in cases of the standard ADAF model and modified ADAF models, in which a truncation of inner parts of the flows and winds causing a reduction of the infalling matter are included. We compare the observed ratio of the luminosities with predictions from models of optically thin accretion flows. We also discuss the possible effects of the convection in ADAFs. We confirm that the supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass estimate is possible with the radio/X-ray luminosity relation due to ADAF models in the absence of a radio jet. We find that observational data are insufficient to distinguish the standard ADAF model from its modified models. However, the ADAF model with convection is inconsistent with observations, unless microphysics parameters are to be substantially changed. High resolution radio observations are required to avoid the contamination of other components, such as, a jet component. Otherwise, the SMBH mass is inclined to be over-estimated.

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