The estimation of black-hole masses in distant radio galaxies

Details The estimation of black-hole masses in distant radio galaxies The estimation of black-hole masses in distant radio galaxies

2011-08-23

arxiv.org/abs/1108.4506v1

Astronomy Reports, Volume 55, Issue 4, pp.302-309, 2011

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

8 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1134/S1063772911040020

We have estimated the masses of the central supermassive black holes of 2442 radio galaxies froma catalog compiled using data from the NED, SDSS, and CATS databases. Mass estimates based on optical photometry and radio data are compared. Relationships between the mass of the central black hole $M_p^{bh}$ and the redshift $z_p$ are constructed for both wavelength ranges. The distribution of the galaxies in these diagrams and systematic effects influencing estimation of the black-hole parameters are discussed. Upperenvelope cubic regression fits are obtained using the maximum estimates of the black-hole masses. The optical and radio upper envelopes show similar behavior, and have very similar peaks in position, $z_p \simeq 1.9$, and amplitude, $\log M_p^{bh}$ = 9.4. This is consistent with a model in which the growth of the supermassive black holes is self-regulating, with this redshift corresponding to the epoch when the accretion-flow phase begins to end and the nuclear activity falls off.

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