The Black Hole Mass-Galaxy Luminosity Relationship For Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars

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dc.contributor.utaustinauthorSalviander, Sarahen_US
dc.contributor.utaustinauthorShields, Gregory A.en_US
dc.creatorSalviander, Sarahen_US
dc.creatorShields, Gregory A.en_US
dc.creatorBonning, E. W.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-28T22:21:30Z
dc.date.available2016-04-28T22:21:30Z
dc.date.issued2015-02en
dc.description.abstractWe investigate the relationship between the mass of the central supermassive black hole, M-BH, and the host galaxy luminosity, L-gal, in a sample of quasars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7. We use composite quasar spectra binned by black hole mass and redshift to assess galaxy features that would otherwise be overwhelmed by noise in individual spectra. The black hole mass is calculated using the photoionization method, and the host galaxy luminosity is inferred from the depth of the Ca II H+K features in the composite spectra. We evaluate the evolution in the M-BH-L-gal relationship by examining the redshift dependence of Delta log M-BH, the offset in M-BH from the local M-BH-L-gal relationship. There is little systematic trend in. log MBH out to z = 0.8. Using the width of the [O III] emission line as a proxy for the stellar velocity dispersion, sigma(*), we find agreement of our derived host luminosities with the locally observed Faber-Jackson relation. This supports the utility of the width of the [O III] line as a proxy for sigma(*) in statistical studies.en_US
dc.description.departmentAstronomyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMarie Curie Incoming European Fellowship within the 6th European Community Framework Programme MIF1-CT-2005-008762en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAlfred P. Sloan Foundationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Aeronautics and Space Administrationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundationen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. Department of Energyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipJapanese Monbukagakushoen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMax Planck Societyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Chicago, Fermilaben_US
dc.description.sponsorshipInstitute for Advanced Studyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipJapan Participation Groupen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipJohns Hopkins Universityen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKorean Scientist Group, Los Alamos National Laboratoryen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMax-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMax-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNew Mexico State Universityen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Pittsburghen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Portsmouthen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPrinceton Universityen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Naval Observatoryen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Washingtonen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2JN77
dc.identifier.Filename2015_02_blackhole.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationSalviander, S., G. A. Shields, and E. W. Bonning. "The Black Hole Mass-Galaxy Luminosity Relationship for Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasars." The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 799, No. 2 (Feb., 2015): 173.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/0004-637x/799/2/173en_US
dc.identifier.issn0004-637Xen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/35186
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofen_US
dc.relation.ispartofserialAstrophysical Journalen_US
dc.rightsAdministrative deposit of works to Texas ScholarWorks: This works author(s) is or was a University faculty member, student or staff member; this article is already available through open access or the publisher allows a PDF version of the article to be freely posted online. The library makes the deposit as a matter of fair use (for scholarly, educational, and research purposes), and to preserve the work and further secure public access to the works of the University.en_US
dc.rights.restrictionOpenen_US
dc.subjectblack hole physicsen_US
dc.subjectgalaxies: activeen_US
dc.subjectquasars: generalen_US
dc.subjectvelocity dispersion relationshipen_US
dc.subjectbulge relationshipen_US
dc.subjectcosmic evolutionen_US
dc.subjecthost galaxiesen_US
dc.subjectdata releaseen_US
dc.subjectactive galaxiesen_US
dc.subjectspheroidsen_US
dc.subjectstellaren_US
dc.subjectqsosen_US
dc.subjectcoevolutionen_US
dc.subjectastronomy & astrophysicsen_US
dc.titleThe Black Hole Mass-Galaxy Luminosity Relationship For Sloan Digital Sky Survey Quasarsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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