THE BLACK HOLE MASS-STELLAR VELOCITY DISPERSION RELATIONSHIP FOR QUASARS IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY DATA RELEASE 7
- Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 (United States)
We assess evolution in the M {sub BH}-{sigma}{sub *} relationship for quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 for the redshift range 0.1 < z < 1.2. We estimate the black hole mass, M {sub BH}, using the 'photoionization method', with the broad H{beta} or Mg II emission line and the quasar continuum luminosity. For the stellar velocity dispersion, we use the narrow [O III] or [O II] emission line as a surrogate. This study is a follow-up to an earlier study in which we investigated evolution in the M {sub BH}-{sigma}{sub *} relationship in quasars from Data Release 3. The greatly increased number of quasars in our new sample has allowed us to break our lower-redshift subsample into black hole mass bins and probe the M {sub BH}-{sigma}{sub *} relationship for constant black hole mass. The M {sub BH}-{sigma}{sub *} relationship for the highest-mass (M {sub BH} > 10{sup 9.0} M {sub Sun }) and lowest-mass (M {sub BH} < 10{sup 7.5} M {sub Sun }) black holes appears to evolve significantly; however, most or all of this apparent evolution can be accounted for by various observational biases due to intrinsic scatter in the relationship and to uncertainties in observed quantities. The M {sub BH}-{sigma}{sub *} relationship for black holes in the middle mass range (10{sup 7.5} < M {sub BH} < 10{sup 9.0} M {sub Sun }) shows minimal change with redshift. The overall results suggest a limit of {+-}0.2 dex on any evolution in the M {sub BH}-{sigma}{sub *} relationship for quasars out to z Almost-Equal-To 1 compared with the relationship observed in the local universe. Intrinsic scatter may also provide a plausible way to reconcile the wide range of results of several different studies of the black hole-galaxy relationships.
- OSTI ID:
- 22167772
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 764, Issue 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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