7 papers
A stellar dynamical mass measurement of an inactive black hole at redshift 2
Andrew B. Newman, Meng Gu, Sirio Belli +34
Supermassive black holes and their host galaxies grow together over time, producing correlations between the black hole mass and various galaxy properties. Determining the evolutio…
Measurement of Substructure from the Kinematics of the GD-1 Stellar Stream
Jacob Nibauer, Ana Bonaca, Adrian M. Price-Whelan +2
Stellar streams are sensitive tracers of low-mass dark matter subhalos and provide a means to test the Cold Dark Matter (CDM) paradigm on small scales. In this work, we connect the…
Towards Unbreaking the Universe: MINERVA Measurements of Color Gradients in Massive Quiescent Galaxies Can Help Ease Too-Early Star Formation Tensions
Sam E. Cutler, Luke Robbins, Danilo Marchesini +41
The discovery of a population of massive, ancient quiescent galaxies within the first 2 Gyr of the Universe's history has led to significant tensions with models of galaxy formatio…
ReveaLLAGN 1: JWST Emission-Line Spectra Reveal Low-Luminosity AGN with UV-Deficient SEDs and Warm Molecular Gas
Kameron Goold, Anil Seth, Mallory Molina +20
We present near- and mid-infrared spectra of eight Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei (LLAGN), spanning nearly four orders of magnitude in black hole mass and Eddington ratio, o…
Mapping the Stellar Kinematics in the Central 240 Parsecs of M87 with the James Webb Space Telescope
Refa M. Al-Amri, Jonelle L. Walsh, Emily R. Liepold +2
The supermassive black hole (SMBH) in the giant elliptical galaxy M87 is one of the most well-studied in the local universe, but the stellar- and gas-dynamical SMBH mass measuremen…
The MASSIVE Survey. XX. A Triaxial Stellar Dynamical Measurement of the Supermassive Black Hole Mass and Intrinsic Galaxy Shape of Giant Radio Galaxy NGC 315
Jacob Pilawa, Emily R. Liepold, Chung-Pei Ma +2
We present a new dynamical measurement of the supermassive black hole mass and intrinsic shape of the stellar halo of the massive radio galaxy NGC 315 as part of the MASSIVE survey…