Active Galaxies and the Study of Black Hole Demographics
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
2015-05-14 v1
Abstract
We discuss the critical importance of black hole mass indicators based on scaling relations in active galaxies. We highlight outstanding uncertainties in these methods and potential paths to substantial progress in the next decade.
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@article{arxiv.0909.5436,
title = {Active Galaxies and the Study of Black Hole Demographics},
author = {Jenny E. Greene and Luis C. Ho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5436},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
4 pages, 1 figure, Invited review to appear in PASP