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The possibility that the masses of supermassive black holes (SBHs) correlate with the total gravitational mass of their host galaxy, or the mass of the dark matter halo in which they presumably formed, is investigated using a sample of 16…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Laura Ferrarese

We analyse the scatter in the correlation between super-massive black hole (SMBH) mass and bulge stellar mass of the host galaxy, and infer that it cannot be accounted for by mergers alone. The merger-only scenario, where small galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-08-03 Yonadav Barry Ginat , Yohai Meiron , Noam Soker

We consider the relationship between the masses of the central objects in disky galaxies - supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and nuclear star clusters (NCs) - and various parameters of parent galaxies: velocity of rotation $V_{(2)}$ at $R=…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-01-04 A. V. Zasov , A. M. Cherepashchuk

Various past theoretical considerations and observational efforts suggest the presence of a population of stellar-mass black holes in the innermost parsec of the Galactic centre. In this Letter, we investigate the impact of these black…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-21 Jaroslav Haas , Pavel Kroupa , Ladislav Šubr , Myank Singhal

Galaxies become red and dead when the central supermassive black hole (SMBH) becomes massive enough to drive an outflow beyond the virial radius of the halo. We show that this final SMBH mass is larger than the final SMBH mass in the bulge…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Kastytis Zubovas , Andrew R. King

We demonstrate a strong correlation between supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass and the global structure of ellipticals and bulges: more centrally concentrated bulges and ellipticals (higher Sersic index $n$) host higher-mass black holes.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Peter Erwin , Alister W. Graham , Nicola Caon

We investigate the structural, kinematical, and chemical properties of globular cluster systems (GCSs) in galaxies of different Hubble types in a self-consistent manner based on high-resolution cosmological N-body simulations combined with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Bekki , H. Yahagi , M. Nagashima , D. A. Forbes

We analyse black-hole scaling relations at the high-mass end, focusing in particular on the regime of ultra-massive black holes, $\mathrm{M}_\mathrm{BH} > 10^{10}\,\mathrm{M}_\odot$ (UMBHs). In a sample of 16 Brightest Cluster Galaxies…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-05 Stefano de Nicola , Jens Thomas , Roberto P. Saglia , Matthias Kluge , Jan Snigula , Ralf Bender

In this paper we analyze data of 8 elliptical galaxies in order to study the difference between their globular cluster systems (GCSs) radial distributions and those of the galactic stellar component. In all the galaxies studied here the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta , Alessandra Mastrobuono-Battisti

This paper explores the quantitative connection between globular clusters and the diffuse stellar population of the galaxies they are associated with. Both NGC 1399 and NGC 4486 (M87) are well suited for this kind of analysis due to their…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. C. Forte , F. R. Faifer , D. Geisler

Galactic nuclei typically host either a Nuclear Star Cluster (NSC, prevalent in galaxies with masses $\lesssim 10^{10}M_\odot$) or a Massive Black Hole (MBH, common in galaxies with masses $\gtrsim 10^{12}M_\odot$). In the intermediate mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-17 Iskren Y. Georgiev , Torsten Böker , Natan Leigh , Nora Lützgendorf , Nadine Neumayer

We have investigated the redshift evolution of the relationship between supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass and host bulge mass using a semi-analytical galaxy formation model $\nu^2$GC. Our model reproduces the relation in the local…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-18 Tatsuki Shimizu , Taira Oogi , Takashi Okamoto , Masahiro Nagashima , Motohiro Enoki

The correlation between black hole mass and the stellar mass of the bulge of the host galaxy has attracted much attention ever since its discovery. While traditional investigations of this correlation have treated elliptical galaxies as…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-26 Peixin Zhu , Luis C. Ho , Hua Gao

The central regions of galaxies show the presence of massive black holes and/or dense stellar systems. The question about their modes of formation is still under debate. A likely explanation of the formation of the central dense stellar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-12 R. Capuzzo-Dolcetta , M. Arca-Sedda , M. Spera

Linking globular clusters (GCs) to the assembly of their host galaxies is an overarching goal in GC studies. The inference of tight scaling relations between GC system properties and the mass of both the stellar and dark halo components of…

Recent discoveries of black hole (BH) candidates in Galactic and extragalactic globular clusters (GCs) have ignited interest in understanding how BHs dynamically evolve in a GC and the number of BHs ($N_{\rm{BH}}$) that may still be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-05 Newlin C. Weatherford , Sourav Chatterjee , Carl L. Rodriguez , Frederic A. Rasio

We present a new relationship between central black hole (BH) mass and host galaxy stellar bulge mass extending to the lowest BH masses known in dwarf galaxies ($M_{\rm BH} \lesssim 10^{5} M_{\odot}$; $M_{\star} \sim 10^{9} M_{\odot}$). We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-08 Zachary Schutte , Amy Reines , Jenny Greene

Black hole mass ($M_{BH}$) scaling relations are typically derived using the properties of a galaxy's bulge and samples dominated by (high-mass) early-type galaxies. Studying late-type galaxies should provide greater insight into the mutual…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-03-12 Benjamin L. Davis , Alister W. Graham , Ewan Cameron

(Abridged): The total populations of globular cluster systems (GCSs) are discussed in terms of their connection to the efficiency of globular cluster formation---the mass fraction of star-forming gas that was able to form bound stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Dean E. McLaughlin

We performed a series of direct N-body simulations with the aim to follow the dynamical evolution of a galaxy cluster (GC) ($M_{clus}\simeq 10^{14} M_{\odot}$) in different environment. The results show the formation of heavy sub-structures…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-23 M. Donnari , M. Arca-Sedda , M. Merafina