Do radio-loud AGN really follow the same relation between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion as normal galaxies?

Details Do radio-loud AGN really follow the same relation between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion as normal galaxies? Do radio-loud AGN really follow the same relation between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion as normal galaxies?

2006-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0612260v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

18 pages, 5 figures, ChJAA, in press

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In an examination of the relationship between the black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs), we studied two effects which may cause uncertainties in the black hole mass estimates of radio-loud AGNs: the relativistic beaming effect on the observed optical continuum radiation and the orientation effect on the broad emission line width. After correcting these two effects, we re-examined the relation between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion which derived from [OIII] line width for a sample of radio-loud and radio-quiet AGNs, and found the relation for radio-loud AGNs still deviated from that for nearby normal galaxies and radio-quiet AGNs. We also found there is no significant correlation between radio jet power and narrow [OIII] line width, indicating absence of strong interaction between radio jet and narrow line region. It may be that the deviation of the relation between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion of radio-loud AGNs is intrinsic, or that the [OIII] line width is not a good indicator of stellar velocity dispersion for radio-loud AGNs.

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