Determining the zero-point calibration for AGN black hole mass estimates

Details Determining the zero-point calibration for AGN black hole mass estimates Determining the zero-point calibration for AGN black hole mass estimates

Nov 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004iaus..222..109o&link_type=abstract

The Interplay among Black Holes, Stars and ISM in Galactic Nuclei, Proceedings of IAU Symposium, No. 222. Edited by T. Storchi-B

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By fitting to the quiescent galaxy MBH-σ* relation, we calculate the average shift required to scale reverberation-mapped AGN masses to the same zero-point. We use reanalyzed virial products (rV2/G) and both new and published velocity dispersions to find the offset in the AGN calibration. This scaling factor, , accounts for the detailed dynamics and geometry of the broad-line region (BLR). Finally, we confirm the rough correlation between σ* and FWHM([O III]) for these 16 AGNs.

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