Black Hole Mass, Velocity Dispersion and the Radio Source in AGN

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2000-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0009188v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, uses emulateapj5.sty and aastex, 2 figures, 1 table accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal

Scientific paper

10.1086/317314

The recent discovery of a correlation between nuclear black hole mass, M_bh, and the stellar velocity dispersion (Gebhardt et al. 2000, Ferrarese and Merritt 2000), in elliptical galaxies and spiral bulges, has raised the question whether such a relationship exists for AGN. Estimates of M_bh for many AGN, made using reverberation mapping techniques, allow exploration of the relationship between black hole mass, the host galaxy and the energetics of nuclear emission. However, since only a few AGN have both M_bh and velocity dispersion measurements, we use the [OIII] 5007 emission line widths on the assumption that for most AGN the forbidden line kinematics are dominated by virial motion in the host galaxy bulge. We find that a relation does exist between M_bh and [OIII] line width for AGN which is similar to the one found by Gebhardt et al. 2000, although with more scatter as expected if secondary influences on the gas kinematics are also present. Our conclusion is that both active and inactive galaxies follow the same relationship between black hole mass and bulge gravitational potential. We find no compelling evidence for systematic differences in the mass estimates from reverberation mapping and stellar dynamics. We also find that for radio quiet AGN the radio power and black hole mass are highly correlated linking emission on scales of kiloparsecs with the nuclear energy source.

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