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- Bennert, Vardha N., et al.
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A Local Baseline of the Black Hole Mass Scaling Relations for Active Galaxies. IV. Correlations Between M (BH) and Host Galaxy sigma, Stellar Mass, and Luminosity
- 2021
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Ingår i: Astrophysical Journal. - : IOP Publishing Ltd. - 0004-637X .- 1538-4357. ; 921:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The tight correlations between the mass of supermassive black holes (M (BH)) and their host-galaxy properties have been of great interest to the astrophysical community, but a clear understanding of their origin and fundamental drivers still eludes us. The local relations for active galaxies are interesting in their own right and form the foundation for any evolutionary study over cosmic time. We present Hubble Space Telescope optical imaging of a sample of 66 local active galactic nuclei (AGNs); for 14 objects, we also obtained Gemini near-infrared images. We use state-of-the-art methods to perform surface photometry of the AGN host galaxies, decomposing them into spheroid, disk, and bar (when present), and inferring the luminosity and stellar mass of the components. We combine this information with spatially resolved kinematics obtained at the Keck Telescopes to study the correlations between M (BH) (determined from single-epoch virial estimators) and host galaxy properties. The correlations are uniformly tight for our AGN sample, with intrinsic scatter 0.2-0.4 dex, smaller than or equal to that of quiescent galaxies. We find no difference between pseudo and classical bulges or barred and nonbarred galaxies. We show that all the tight correlations can be simultaneously satisfied by AGN hosts in the 10(7)-10(9) M (circle dot) regime, with data of sufficient quality. The M (BH)-sigma relation is also in agreement with that of AGN with M (BH) obtained from reverberation mapping, providing an indirect validation of single-epoch virial estimators of M (BH).
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- Erb, Dawn K., et al.
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Subkiloparsec Imaging of Lyα Emission in a Low-mass, Highly Ionized, Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy at z=1.84
- 2019
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Ingår i: Astrophysical Journal. - : American Astronomical Society. - 0004-637X .- 1538-4357. ; 884:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Low-mass, low-metallicity galaxies at low to moderate (z less than or similar to 3) redshifts offer the best opportunity for detailed examination of the interplay between massive stars, ionizing radiation and gas in sources similar to those that likely reionized the universe. We present new narrowband Hubble Space Telescope observations of Ly alpha emission and the adjacent ultraviolet (UV) continuum in the low-mass (M-star = 2 x 10(8) M-circle dot), low-metallicity (Z similar to 1/20 Z(circle dot)), and highly ionized gravitationally lensed galaxy SL2S J02176-0513 at z.=.1.844. The galaxy has strong Lya emission with photometric equivalent width W-Ly alpha(phot)= 218 +/- 12 angstrom , at odds with the Lya escape fraction of 10%. However, the spectroscopic Ly alpha profile suggests the presence of broad absorption underlying the emission, and the total equivalent width is consistent with the escape fraction once this underlying absorption is included. The Lya emission is more spatially extended than the UV continuum, and the 0 14 spatial resolution of HST coupled with the magnification of gravitational lensing enables us to examine the distribution of Ly alpha and the UV continuum on subkiloparsec scales. We find that the peaks of the Ly alpha emission and the UV continuum are offset by 650 pc, and there is no Ly alpha emission arising from the region with the strongest UV light. Our combined spectroscopic and imaging data imply a significant range in neutral hydrogen column density across the object. These observations offer indirect support for a model in which ionizing radiation escapes from galaxies through channels with low column density of neutral gas.
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