The growth of supermassive black holes in pseudo-bulges, classical bulges and elliptical galaxies
The growth of supermassive black holes in pseudo-bulges, classical bulges and elliptical galaxies
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15328.x
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发表时间:
2008-11
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
D. Gadotti;G. Kauffmann
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作者:
D. Gadotti;G. Kauffmann
Using results from structural analysis of a sample of nearly 1000 local galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we estimate how the mass in central black holes is distributed amongst elliptical galaxies, classical bulges and pseudo-bulges, and investigate the relation between their stellar masses and central stellar velocity dispersion σ. Assuming a single relation between elliptical galaxy/bulge mass, M Bulge , and central black hole mass, M BH , we find that 55 +8 -4 per cent of the mass in black holes in the local universe is in the centres of elliptical galaxies, 41 +4 - 2 per cent in classical bulges and 4 +0-9 -0.4 per cent in pseudo-bulges. We find that ellipticals, classical bulges and pseudo-bulges follow different relations between their stellar masses and σ, and the most significant offset occurs for pseudo-bulges in barred galaxies. This structural dissimilarity leads to discrepant black hole masses if single M BH -M Bulge and M BH -σ relations are used. Adopting relations from the literature, we find that the M BH -σ relation yields an estimate of the total mass density in black holes that is roughly 55 per cent larger than if the M BH -M Bulge relation is used.