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The Black Hole Mass vs Bulge Mass Relationship in Spiral Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2016

Alessandro Marconi ,
David Axon ,
John Atkinson ,
James Binney ,
Alessandro Capetti ,
Marcella Carollo ,
Linda Dressel ,
Holland Ford ,
Joris Gerssen  and
Mark Hughes
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Alessandro Marconi
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, L.go Fermi 5, 1-50125 Firenze, Italy
David Axon
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK
John Atkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK
James Binney
Affiliation:
Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, UK
Alessandro Capetti
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Italy
Marcella Carollo
Affiliation:
Columbia University, Department of Astronomy, USA
Linda Dressel
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
Holland Ford
Affiliation:
Center for Astrophysical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Joris Gerssen
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
Mark Hughes
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Duccio Macchetto
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
Witold Maciejewski
Affiliation:
Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, UK
Michael Merrifield
Affiliation:
School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, UK
Claudia Scarlata
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
William Sparks
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
Massimo Stiavelli
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
Zlatan Tsvetanov
Affiliation:
Center for Astrophysical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Roeland van der Marel
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, USA

Abstract

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We describe an on-going HST program aimed at determining the relationship between the nuclear black hole mass and bulge mass in spiral galaxies. We have selected a volume limited sample of 54 nearby spiral galaxies for which we already have ground based emission line rotation curves, CCD surface photometry and radio maps. We are now obtaining HST/STIS longslit observations of each of the galaxies in the sample in order to determine the nuclear Hα rotation curve at high (∼ 0.1) spatial resolution. We will use these data to measure the unresolved dark mass concentration at the nucleus of each object. Here we show the first results from observations of objects in the sample.

Type
The Inner Regions of Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 205: Galaxies and their Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolutions , 2001 , pp. 58 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001 

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