Constraining the Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies at Low Mass

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Jan 2009

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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #313.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.290

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There is now overwhelming evidence that the vast majority of massive early-type galaxies harbor a supermassive black hole (BH) at their centers, and that BHs play an important role during the assembly and evolution of their host galaxies. The existence of a correlation between BH mass and central stellar velocity dispersion links the growth of the BH with the formation of the host bulge, perhaps through feedback mechanisms associated with an active galactic nucleus (AGN). Our understanding of BHs at the lowest mass, however, is limited, as is their coevolution with host galaxies. Furthermore, it is not clear what fraction of very late-type (i.e. bulgeless) galaxies harbor a BH, and how this affects subsequent evolution. I will present some initial observations that attempt to tackle these questions.

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