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A Stellar Dynamical Measurement of the Black Hole Mass in the Maser Galaxy NGC 4258
Christos Siopis, Karl Gebhardt, Tod R. Lauer +13
We determine the mass of the black hole at the center of the spiral galaxy NGC 4258 by constructing axisymmetric dynamical models of the galaxy. These models are constrained by hig…
The Black Hole Mass and Extreme Orbital Structure in NGC1399
Karl Gebhardt, Tod R. Lauer, Jason Pinkney +12
The largest galaxies, and in particular central galaxies in clusters, offer unique insight into understanding the mechanism for the growth of nuclear black holes. We present Hubble…
Host Galaxy Bulge Predictors of Supermassive Black Hole Mass
M. C. Aller, D. O. Richstone
A variety of host galaxy (bulge) parameters are examined in order to determine their predictive power in ascertaining the masses of the supermassive black holes (SMBH) at the cente…
The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST. VI. Bimodal Central Surface Brightness Profiles
Tod R. Lauer, Karl Gebhardt, S. M. Faber +9
We combine the results from several HST investigations of the central structure of early-type galaxies to generate a large sample of parameterized surface photometry. The studies i…
The Masses of Nuclear Black Holes in Luminous Elliptical Galaxies and Implications for the Space Density of the Most Massive Black Holes
Tod R. Lauer, S. M. Faber, Douglas Richstone +11
Black hole masses predicted from the Mbh-sigma relationship conflict with those predicted from the Mbh-L relationship for the most luminous galaxies, such as brightest cluster gala…
The Centers of Early-Type Galaxies with HST. V. New WFPC2 Photometry
Tod R. Lauer, S. M. Faber, Karl Gebhardt +14
We analyze HST+WFPC2 images of 77 early-type galaxies. Brightness profiles are classed into "core" or "power-law" forms. Cores are typically rounder than power-law galaxies. Nearly…