On the M-σ Relationship and SMBH Mass Estimates of Selected Nearby Galaxies
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2013
Yazarlar: Alper K. Ateş, Can Battal Kılınç, Cafer İbanoğlu
International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Uluslararası, 2013, cilt 03, ss 1-9
Özet
Copyright © 2013 Alper K. Ateş et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Super massive black holes are believed to influence galactic evolution and dynamics. A histogram of SMBH masses for different redshift regimes may reveal clues on how the SMBH evolve in time. A prominent method for SMBH mass estimation is based on the linear correlation between the bulge velocity dispersion and the SMBH mass. Known as M-σ relationship, this method is known to provide reasonable but not very accurate mass estimates due to considerable scat-ter in data. In order to increase the precision, we surveyed the literature and gathered SMBH and velocity dispersion data for low redshift (z < 0.02) spiral galaxies. We report the M-σ relationship for low redshift spiral galaxies as, BH