期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 720, 期 1, 页码 516-521出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/720/1/516
关键词
black hole physics; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular; cD; galaxies: evolution; galaxies: formation; galaxies: star clusters: general; globular clusters: general
资金
- Max Planck
- DFG
- NSF [AST-0807432]
- NASA [NNX08AH24G]
Elliptical, lenticular, and early-type spiral galaxies show a remarkably tight power-law correlation between the mass M of their central supermassive black hole (SMBH) and the number N-GC of globular clusters (GCs): M-center dot = m(center dot)/(star) x N-GC(1.08 +/- 0.04) with m(center dot)/(star) = 1.7 x 10(5) M-circle dot. Thus, to a good approximation the SMBH mass is the same as the total mass of the GCs. Based on a limited sample of 13 galaxies, this relation appears to be a better predictor of SMBH mass (rms scatter 0.2 dex) than the M-center dot-sigma relation between SMBH mass and velocity dispersion a. The small scatter reflects the fact that galaxies with high GC specific frequency S-N tend to harbor SMBHs that are more massive than expected from the M-center dot-sigma relation.
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