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用CFHT光谱学估算年轻射电源中的黑洞质量

Estimating black hole masses in young radio sources using CFHT spectroscopy

Minfeng Gu, Soojong Pak, Luis C. Ho

摘要:

黑洞质量与恒星速度色散之间的相关性为确定活动星系中黑洞的质量提供了一种有效的方法。2003年8月6日,我们利用配备OSIS的加拿大-法国-夏威夷望远镜(CFHT)获得了一个致密陡谱(CSS)星系4C +29.70的光谱。在光谱中检测到了Mg I(5175 nm)、Ca E带(5269 nm)和Na D(5890 nm)等恒星吸收特征。恒星速度色散,$σ$,从吸收特征测量的宿主星系是$\rm \approx 250 km s^{-1}$。如果4C +29.70遵循为附近星系建立的$\rm M_{BH}-σ$关系,那么它的中心黑洞的质量为$\rm \approx3.3\times10^{8}M_{\odot}$。结合Snellen等(2003)的7个GPS星系的黑洞质量,我们发现这8个年轻射电源的平均黑洞质量小于Bettoni等(2003)的扩展射电星系样本。这可能表明年轻的射电源可能处于射电星系的早期演化阶段,在此阶段,中心的黑洞可能仍在快速增长。但这需要进一步调查。

英文摘要:

The correlation between black hole masses and stellar velocity dispersions provides an efficient method to determine the masses of black holes in active galaxies. We obtained optical spectra of a Compact-Steep-Spectrum (CSS) galaxy 4C +29.70, using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) equipped with OSIS, in August 6, 2003. Several stellar absorption features, such as Mg I (5175Å), Ca E band (5269Å) and Na D (5890Å), were detected in the spectra. The stellar velocity dispersion, $σ$, of the host galaxy, measured from absorption features is $\rm \approx 250 km s^{-1}$. If 4C +29.70 follows the $\rm M_{BH}-σ$ relation established for nearby galaxies, then its central black hole has a mass of $\rm \approx3.3\times10^{8}M_{\odot}$. In combination with the black hole masses of seven GPS galaxies in Snellen et al. (2003), we find that the average black hole mass of these eight young radio sources is smaller than that of the Bettoni et al. (2003) sample of extended radio galaxies. This may indicate that young radio sources are likely at the early evolutionary stage of radio galaxies, at which the central black holes may still undergo rapid growth. However, this needs further investigations.

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