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Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei. II. Calibration of the Black Hole Mass–Velocity Dispersion Relationship for Active Galactic Nuclei
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We calibrate reverberation-based black hole (BH) masses in active galactic nuclei (AGNs) by using the correlation between BH mass, M BH , and bulge/spheroid stellar velocity dispersion, σ * . We use new measurements of σ * for six AGNs and published velocity dispersions for 10 others, in conjunction with improved reverberation-mapping results, to determine the scaling factor required to bring reverberation-based BH masses into agreement with the quiescent galaxy M BH -σ * relationship. The scatter in the AGN BH masses is found to be less than a factor of 3. The current observational uncertainties preclude the use of the scaling factor to discriminate between broad-line region models.
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- Onken, C. A., Ferrarese, L., Merritt, D., Peterson, B. M., Pogge, R. W., Vestergaard, M., & Wandel, A.
- Venue
- The Astrophysical Journal
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- American Astronomical Society
- Published
- 2004-11-10
- Volume
- 615
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 645-651
- ISSN
- 0004-637X (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4357
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- W2087652445
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- 630
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- FWCI
- 19.50
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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