Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 2005
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Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines, IAU Colloquium Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 199, held M
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
In recent years there has been rapid progress in the research of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), such as central super-massive black holes (sbh), accretion processes, and their host galaxies. Using data from rosat point sources, we found that the soft x-ray spectra of narrow-line seyfert 1 galaxies (nls1s) and blazars become harder during x-ray flux increases, while the spectra of broad-line AGNs (bl AGNs) become softer. From asca data, we found that nls1s and bl AGNs follow the same σ2-mmbh relation, where σ2 is the excess variance in the hard x-ray band. With the accretion efficiency of AGNs, we found that most of the radio-loud quasars possibly possess a kerr sbh, while the seyfert 1 galaxies and radio-quiet quasars possess schwarzschild sbh. We also studied the relation between the central black holes and their host galaxies. It was found that nls1s appear to have genuinely lower mbh/bulge mass ratios. And the width of the [o IIi] line is not a good tracer of host velocity dispersion. Nls1s play a special role in our understanding of the evolution of galaxies and their central sbhs.
Bian Wei-Hao
Cheng Lin-Peng
Zhao Yong-Heng
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