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Cambridge University Press, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, S267(5), p. 203-203, 2009

DOI: 10.1017/s174392131000623x

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Accurate AGN Black Hole Masses and the Scatter in the MBH-Lbulge Relationship

Journal article published in 2009 by C. Martin Gaskell ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

A new empirical formulae is given for estimating the masses of black holes in AGNs from the H beta velocity dispersion and the continuum luminosity at 5100 Angstroms. It is calibrated to reverberation-mapping and stellar-dynamical estimates of black hole masses. The resulting mass estimates are as accurate as reverberation-mapping and stellar-dynamical estimates. The new mass estimates show that there is very little scatter in the M_{bh} - L_{bulge} relationship for high-luminosity galaxies, and that the scatter increases substantially in lower-mass galaxies. Comment: In press in "Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies", IAU Symposium Proceedings No. 267, eds. B. M. Peterson, R. S. Somerville, & T. Storchi-Bergmann. Cambridge University Press, 2010. 1 figure