The Supermassive Black Hole Mass - Spheroid Stellar Mass Relation for Sérsic and Core-Sérsic Galaxies

Abstract

We have examined the relationship between supermassive black hole mass (M${}_{BH}$) and the stellar mass of the host spheroid (M${}_{sph,\ast }$) for a sample of 75 nearby galaxies. To derive the spheroid stellar masses we used improved 2MASS K${}_s$-band photometry from the ARCHANGEL photometry pipeline. Dividing our sample into core-Sérsic and Sérsic galaxies, we find that they are described by very different M${}_{BH}$-M${}_{sph,\ast }$ relations. For core-Sérsic galaxies - which are typically massive and luminous, with M${}_{BH}\gtrsim 2x10^8{M}_{\odot }$ - we find M${}_{BH}\propto M_{sph,\ast }^{(0.97\pm 0.14)}$, consistent with other literature relations. However, for the Sérsic galaxies - with typically lower masses, M${}_{sph,\ast }\lesssim 3x10^{1}0M_{\odot }$ - we find M${}_{B}H\propto M_{sph,\ast }^{(2.22\pm 0.58)}$, a dramatically steeper slope that differs by more than 2 standard deviations. This relation confirms that, for Sérsic galaxies, M${}_{BH}$ is not a constant fraction of M${}_{sph,\ast }$. Sérsic galaxies can grow via the accretion of gas which fuels both star formation and the central black hole, as well as through merging. Their black hole grows significantly more rapidly than their host spheroid, prior to growth by dry merging events that produce core-Sérsic galaxies, where the black hole and spheroid grow in lock step. We have additionally compared our Sérsic M${}_{BH}$-M${}_{sph,\ast }$ relation with the corresponding relation for nuclear star clusters, confirming that the two classes of central massive object follow significantly different scaling relations.

10 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ

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