Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 1999
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HST Proposal ID #8236
Physics
Hst Proposal Id #8236 Galaxy Structure And Dynamics
Scientific paper
In Cycle 6 we began a WFPC2 broad- and narrow-band imaging study of the nuclei of a complete sample of the 21 nearest powerful radio galaxies. Here we perform follow-up STIS spectroscopy of the nuclear emission-line gas for 19 of the galaxies. From these observations we will measure the black hole {BH} masses, determine the nature, kinematics, and structure of the central gas disks and obtain a modeled upper limit to their mass accretion rates. With our available radio observations, we will be in a unique position to exploit the HST data to advance our understanding of the nature of BHs in radio-loud galaxies, their relation to the radio activity, and the nature and physics of their jets. We will establish the BH demography of radio-loud early-type galaxies out to 100 Mpc , increasing the number of measured BH masses for these systems by a factor 5, and enabling systematic and statistically reliable comparisons of BHs in normal and radio- loud early-type galaxies.
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