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The dynamical evolution of super star clusters (SSCs) moving in the background of dark matter halo has been investigated as a possible event causing the observed correlation between the mass of galactic bulge, $M_{bulge}$, and the mass of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. N. Fu , J. H. Huang , Z. G. Deng

We report the discovery of a strong correlation between the shape of a bulge's light-profile and the mass of its central supermassive black hole (M_{bh}). We find that log(M_{bh}/M_{sun}) = 2.91(+/-0.38)log(n) + 6.37(+/-0.21), where `n' is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-26 A. W. Graham , P. Erwin , N. Caon , I. Trujillo

We investigate the relation between the dark matter distribution of galaxies and their central supermassive black holes which is suggested by the v_c-sigma relation. Since early-type galaxies appear to have larger black holes than late-type…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Pieter Buyle , Herwig Dejonghe , Maarten Baes

The formation of supermassive black holes (SMBH) is intimately related to galaxy formation, although precisely how remains a mystery. I speculate that formation of, and feedback from, SMBH may alleviate problems that have arisen in our…

Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-28 Joseph Silk

Black hole masses predicted from the Mbh-sigma relationship conflict with those predicted from the Mbh-L relationship for the most luminous galaxies, such as brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). This is because stellar velocity dispersion,…

Observational data show that the correlation between supermassive black holes (MBH) and galaxy bulge (Mbulge) masses follows a nearly linear trend, and that the correlation is strongest with the bulge rather than the total stellar mass…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-16 Chien Y. Peng

We investigate the correlation between the mass of a central supermassive black hole and the total gravitational mass of the host galaxy (M_tot). The results are based on 43 galaxy-scale strong gravitational lenses from the Sloan Lens ACS…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-20 Kaushala Bandara , David Crampton , Luc Simard

Recent observations indicate that the mass of Supermassive Black Holes (SMBHs) correlate differently with different galaxy stellar components. Comparing such observations with the results of "ab initio" galaxy formation models can provide…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-26 Nicola Menci , Fabrizio Fiore , Angela Bongiorno , Alessandra Lamastra

We present new velocity dispersion measurements for a set of 12 spiral galaxies and use them to derive a more accurate V_c - sigma relation which holds for a wide morphological range of galaxies. Combined with the M_BH - sigma relation,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Pieter Buyle , Maarten Baes , Herwig Dejonghe

[Abridged] Tight correlations between supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass ($M_{\rm BH}$) and the properties of the host galaxy have useful implications for our understanding of the growth of SMBHs and evolution of galaxies. Here, we present…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-05 Bililign T. Dullo , Alexandre Y. K. Bouquin , Armando Gil De Paz , Johan H. Knapen , Javier Gorgas

We derive an M_bh-sigma relation between supermassive black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion in galaxy bulges, that results from self-regulated, energy-conserving feedback. The relation is of the form M_bh v_w \propto sigma^5,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Rachael C McQuillin , Dean E McLaughlin

We make use of two empirical relations between the black hole mass and the global properties (bulge luminosity and stellar velocity dispersion) of nearby elliptical galaxies, to infer the mass of the central black hole (M_BH) in low…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Bettoni , R. Falomo , G. Fasano , F. Govoni

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_sun) that can be…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 J. E. Greene , C. Y. Peng , M. Kim , C. Y. Kuo , J. A. Braatz , C. M. V. Impellizzeri , J. J. Condon , K. Y. Lo , C. Henkel , M. J. Reid

We investigate the black hole (BH) scaling relation in galaxies using a model in which the galaxy halo and central BH are a self-gravitating sphere of dark matter (DM) with an isotropic, adiabatic equation of state. The equipotential where…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Curtis J. Saxton , Roberto Soria , Kinwah Wu

Observations have shown that supermassive black holes in nearby elliptical galaxies correlate tightly with the stellar velocity dispersion (the $\MBH - \sigma$ relation) and the stellar mass (the $\MBH - \Mhost$ relation) of their host…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-10-31 Sydney Sherman , Mouyuan Sun , Qirong Zhu , Jonathan R. Trump , Yuexing Li

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are tiny in comparison to the galaxies they inhabit, yet they manage to influence and coevolve along with their hosts. Evidence of this mutual development is observed in the structure and dynamics of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-12 Benjamin L. Davis , Zehao Jin

We report on the relation between the mass of supermassive black holes (SMBHs; M_BH) and that of hosting dark matter halos (M_h) for 49 z ~ 6 quasi-stellar objects (QSOs) with [CII]158um velocity-width measurements. Here, we estimate M_h…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-26 Kazuhiro Shimasaku , Takuma Izumi

The (supermassive black hole mass, $M_\text{BH}$)-(bulge stellar mass, $M_{\rm*,sph}$) relation is, obviously, derived using two quantities. We endeavor to provide accurate values for the latter via detailed multicomponent galaxy…

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

We use rotation curve kinematics of 1000 spiral galaxies to investigate if these galaxies could host BH (Black Hole) remnants that once powered the QSO phenomenon. The rotation curves of both early and late-type spirals are used to place…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Paolo Salucci , Charu Ratnam , Pierluigi Monaco , Luigi Danese

Using black hole masses which span 10^5 to 10^(10) solar masses, the distribution of galaxies in the (host spheroid stellar mass)-(black hole mass) diagram is shown to be strongly bent. While the core-Sersic galaxies follow a near-linear…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-11-07 Alister W. Graham , Nicholas Scott , James Schombert