The M•-σ relation for supermassive black holes

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 547, Issue 1 PART 1, 2001, Pages 140-145

  Merritt, David ^a   Ferrarese, Laura ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Methods: data analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035915880     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318372     Document Type: Article

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