%0 Generic %1 ferrarese2000fundamental %A Ferrarese, Laura %A Merritt, David %D 2000 %K black holes supermassive %R 10.1086/312838 %T A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies %U http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0006053 %X The masses of supermassive black holes correlate almost perfectly with the velocity dispersions of their host bulges, M(BH) ~ sigma^alpha, where alpha =4.8 +/- 0.5$. The relation is much tighter than the relation between M(BH) and bulge luminosity, with a scatter no larger than expected on the basis of measurement error alone. Black hole masses estimated by Magorrian et al. (1998) lie systematically above the M(BH)-sigma relation defined by more accurate mass estimates, some by as much as two orders of magnitude. The tightness of the M(BH)-sigma relation implies a strong link between black hole formation and the properties of the stellar bulge.

@misc{ferrarese2000fundamental, abstract = {The masses of supermassive black holes correlate almost perfectly with the velocity dispersions of their host bulges, M(BH) ~ sigma^alpha, where alpha =4.8 +/- 0.5$. The relation is much tighter than the relation between M(BH) and bulge luminosity, with a scatter no larger than expected on the basis of measurement error alone. Black hole masses estimated by Magorrian et al. (1998) lie systematically above the M(BH)-sigma relation defined by more accurate mass estimates, some by as much as two orders of magnitude. The tightness of the M(BH)-sigma relation implies a strong link between black hole formation and the properties of the stellar bulge.}, added-at = {2014-02-21T18:42:49.000+0100}, author = {Ferrarese, Laura and Merritt, David}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a2bbb3dbc64e10a3f2fddee585f75cb0/microcuts}, description = {[astro-ph/0006053] A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies}, doi = {10.1086/312838}, interhash = {4a6215c244de020f57b8b4c4e5a8ffa6}, intrahash = {a2bbb3dbc64e10a3f2fddee585f75cb0}, keywords = {black holes supermassive}, note = {cite arxiv:astro-ph/0006053Comment: ApJ, 539, L9. Rutgers Astrophysics Preprint Series No. 274 This version is slightly modified to fit within the ApJL page limits}, timestamp = {2014-02-21T18:42:49.000+0100}, title = {A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0006053}, year = 2000 }