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On the Relation Between Black Hole Mass and Velocity Dispersion in Type 1 and Type 2 AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Kalliopi M. Dasyra ,
Bradley M. Peterson ,
Linda J. Tacconi ,
Hagai Netzer ,
Luis C. Ho ,
George Helou ,
Lee Armus ,
Dieter Lutz ,
Richard Davies  and
Linda Watson
Kalliopi M. Dasyra
Affiliation:
Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, USA Service d'Astrophysique, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, France
Bradley M. Peterson
Affiliation:
Ohio State University, USA
Linda J. Tacconi
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Hagai Netzer
Affiliation:
Wise Observatory, Israel
Luis C. Ho
Affiliation:
Carnegie Observatories, USA
George Helou
Affiliation:
Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, USA
Lee Armus
Affiliation:
Spitzer Science Center, California Institute of Technology, USA
Dieter Lutz
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Richard Davies
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Germany
Linda Watson
Affiliation:
Ohio State University, USA
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Abstract

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We present results from infrared spectroscopic projects that aim to test the relation between the mass of a black hole MBH and the velocity dispersion of the stars in its host-galaxy bulge. We demonstrate that near-infrared, high-resolution spectroscopy assisted by adaptive optics is key in populating the high-luminosity end of the relation. We show that the velocity dispersions of mid-infrared, high-ionization lines originating from gas in the narrow-line region of the active galactic nucleus follow the same relation. This result provides a way of inferring MBH estimates for the cosmologically significant population of obscured, type 2 AGN that can be applicable to data from spectrographs on next-generation infrared telescopes.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: nucleigalaxies: kinematics and dynamics(galaxies:) quasars: emission linesinfrared: galaxiesinstrumentation: adaptive optics
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 172 - 176
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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