Black holes and central surface brightness cusps
| dc.creator | van der Marel, R. P. | |
| dc.date | 1998-11-02 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:28:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:28:52Z | |
| dc.description | HST observations show that the surface brightness profiles of early-type galaxies have central cusps. I summarize here the results of van der Marel (1999), which show that the observed characteristics of these cusps are consistent with the hypothesis that all early-type galaxies have central black holes (BHs) that grew adiabatically in homogeneous isothermal cores. The models suggest a roughly linear correlation between BH mass and V-band galaxy luminosity, log M_BH = -1.83 + log L in solar units, similar to the relation suggested by kinematical BH detections in nearby galaxies. | |
| dc.description | 4 pages, LaTeX, with 3 PostScript figures. Contributed paper to `Galaxy Dynamics', ASP Conference Series, 1999 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9811025 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9811025 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/13244 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Black holes and central surface brightness cusps | |
| dc.type | text |