Near-IR Properties of Quasar Host Galaxies
| dc.creator | McLeod, K. K. | |
| dc.date | 1997-01-23 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:22:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:22:47Z | |
| dc.description | We have obtained deep, near-IR images of nearly 100 host galaxies of nearby quasars and Seyferts. We find the near-IR light to be a good tracer of luminous mass in these galaxies. For the most luminous quasars there is a correlation between the maximum allowed B-band nuclear luminosity and the host galaxy mass, a ``luminosity/host-mass limit''. Comparing our images with images from HST, we find that the hosts of these very luminous quasars are likely early type galaxies, even for radio-quiet objects whose lower-luminosity counterparts traditionally live in spirals. We speculate that the luminosity/host-mass limit represents a physical limit on the size of black hole that can exist in a given galaxy spheroid mass. We discuss the promises of NICMOS for detecting the hosts of luminous quasars. | |
| dc.description | 6 pages, 3 eps figures, Latex+lamuphys.sty, to be published in proceedings of ESO/IAC `Quasar Hosts' conference 24-27 September 1996 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9701185 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9701185 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/11006 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Near-IR Properties of Quasar Host Galaxies | |
| dc.type | text |