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The black hole-bulge relations in active galactic nuclei

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2004

A. Wandel
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Abstract

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We show that Massive Black Holes of AGNs follow the same approximately linear relation with the luminosity of the host spheroid (bulge) found in normal (quiescent) galaxies, with the black hole mass being 0.002 that of the bulge. We also demonstrate that Narrow line AGNs seem to have a significantly lower Mbh/Lbulge ratio, which implies a new strong correlation between Mbh/Lbulge and the width of the broad emission lines of AGNs (Wandel 2002). Combining existing data, new observations and extrapolation schemes based on the Faber-Jackson relation, the relation between the BH mass and the stellar velocity dispersion in the host bulge of AGNs is constructed. It too agrees with the relation found in quiescent galaxies.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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© 2004 International Astronomical Union