We present the activity of the COFIN 2001-2003 Reseach Project "Supermassive Black Holes in the Center of Disk Galaxies" co-finaced by the Italian Ministry for University and Scientific Reseach. The research team consists of 3 units working in Padova, Arcetri and Trieste. Aim of the project is to study the M _BH-sigma relation. In particular we plan to derive the mass of the central supermassive black hole (SMBH herefter) for about 60 spiral galaxies ranging from Sa to Sc and including both quiescent and active objects. We are going to use our spectroscopic and photometric data at high spatial resolution obtained both from ground-based and Hubble Space Telescope observations to reveal the presence of SMBH's in the mass range between 10^6 and 10^10 M_sun. With the new data we will expand the study of the correlations between SMBH's and the characteristics of the host galaxies over a larger range of masses and morphological types and to shed light on the link between formation of quasar and of their host galaxies.
Supermassive black holes in the center of disk galaxies
BERTOLA, FRANCESCO;BOSCHETTI, CLARA;CIROI, STEFANO;CORSINI, ENRICO MARIA;D'ONOFRIO, MAURO;PIZZELLA, ALESSANDRO;RAFANELLI, PIERO;
2003
Abstract
We present the activity of the COFIN 2001-2003 Reseach Project "Supermassive Black Holes in the Center of Disk Galaxies" co-finaced by the Italian Ministry for University and Scientific Reseach. The research team consists of 3 units working in Padova, Arcetri and Trieste. Aim of the project is to study the M _BH-sigma relation. In particular we plan to derive the mass of the central supermassive black hole (SMBH herefter) for about 60 spiral galaxies ranging from Sa to Sc and including both quiescent and active objects. We are going to use our spectroscopic and photometric data at high spatial resolution obtained both from ground-based and Hubble Space Telescope observations to reveal the presence of SMBH's in the mass range between 10^6 and 10^10 M_sun. With the new data we will expand the study of the correlations between SMBH's and the characteristics of the host galaxies over a larger range of masses and morphological types and to shed light on the link between formation of quasar and of their host galaxies.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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