A correlation between galaxy light concentration and supermassive black hole mass

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 563, Issue 1 PART 2, 2001, Pages

  Graham, Alister W ^a,b   Erwin, Peter ^a   Caon, N ^a   Trujillo, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012221943     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/338500     Document Type: Article

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