Precise Black Hole Masses From Megamaser Disks: Black Hole-Bulge Relations at Low Mass
J. E. Greene,
C. Y. Peng,
M. Kim
et al.
Abstract:The black hole (BH)-bulge correlations have greatly influenced the last decade of effort to understand galaxy evolution. Current knowledge of these correlations is limited predominantly to high BH masses (M BH ∼ > 10 8 M ⊙ ) that can be measured using direct stellar, gas, and maser kinematics. These objects, however, do not represent the demographics of more typical L < L * galaxies. This study transcends prior limitations to probe BHs that are an order of magnitude lower in mass, using BH mass measurements de… Show more
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