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The High-Mass End of the Black Hole Mass Function: Mass Estimates in Brightest Cluster Galaxies
E. Dalla Bonta', L. Ferrarese, E. M. Corsini +5
We present Hubble Space Telescope imaging and spectroscopic observations of three Brightest Cluster Galaxies, Abell 1836-BCG, Abell 2052-BCG, and Abell 3565-BCG, obtained with the…
The Nature of UCDs: Internal Dynamics from an Expanded Sample and Homogeneous Database
Steffen Mieske, Michael Hilker, Andres Jordan +9
We have obtained high-resolution spectra of 23 ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) in the Fornax cluster with -10.4>M_V>-13.5 mag (10^6<M/M_*<10^8), using FLAMES/Giraffe at the VLT…
Finding Local Low-mass Supermassive Black Holes
Smita Mathur, Himel Ghosh, Laura Ferrarese +1
The low-mass end of the supermassive black hole mass function is unknown and difficult to determine. Here we discuss our successful program to find active nuclei of late type "norm…
First Stellar Velocity Dispersion Measurement of a Luminous Quasar Host with Gemini North Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
Linda C. Watson, Paul Martini, Kalliopi M. Dasyra +5
We present the first use of the Gemini North laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system and an integral field unit (IFU) to measure the stellar velocity dispersion of the hos…
DOPING: a New Non-parametric Deprojection Scheme
Dalia Chakrabarty, Laura Ferrarese
We present a new non-parametric deprojection algorithm DOPING (Deprojection of Observed Photometry using and INverse Gambit), that is designed to extract the three dimensional lumi…
Low-Level Nuclear Activity in Nearby Spiral Galaxies
Himel Ghosh, Smita Mathur, Fabrizio Fiore +1
We are conducting a search for supermassive black holes (SMBHs) with masses below 10^7 M_sun by looking for signs of extremely low-level nuclear activity in nearby galaxies that ar…