A fundamental relation between compact stellar nuclei, supermassive black holes, and their host galaxies

Astrophysical Journal Letters

Volumn 644, Issue 1, 2006, Pages L21-L24

  Ferrarese, Laura ^a   Côté, Patrick ^a   Dalla Bontà, Elena ^a,b   Peng, Eric W ^a   Merritt, David ^c   Jordán, Andrés ^d,e   Blakeslee, John P ^f   Haşegan, Monica ^g   Mei, Simona ^h   Piatek, Slawomir ⁱ   Tonry, John L ^j   West, Michael J ^k  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Black hole physics; cD; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034439683     PISSN: 20418205     EISSN: 20418213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505388     Document Type: Article

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