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Sloan数字巡天数据Release 7中类星体的黑洞质量-恒星速度色散关系

The Black Hole Mass - Stellar Velocity Dispersion Relationship for Quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7

Sarah Salviander, Gregory A. Shields

摘要:

我们评估了斯隆数字巡天数据第7版中红移范围为0.1 < z < 1.2的类星体的黑洞质量-恒星速度色散关系(M-sigma关系)的演化。我们估计黑洞质量使用“光电离方法”,与广泛的H β或镁II发射线和类星体连续发光。对于恒星速度色散,我们使用窄[O III]或[O II]发射线作为替代。这项研究是早期研究的后续,在该研究中,我们研究了数据发布3类星体中M-sigma关系的演变。在我们的新样本中,类星体的数量大大增加,使我们能够将我们的低红移子样本分解为黑洞质量箱,并探测恒定黑洞质量的M-sigma关系。最高质量(log M > 9太阳质量)和最低质量(log M < 7.5太阳质量)的黑洞的M-sigma关系似乎发生了显著的变化,然而,由于关系中的内在散射和观测量的不确定性,大部分或所有这种明显的变化都可以通过各种观测偏差来解释。中等质量范围(7.5 < log M < 9太阳质量)的黑洞的M-西格玛关系显示红移的变化很小。总体结果表明,与在局部宇宙中观察到的关系相比,对于z ~ 1的类星体,M-σ关系的任何演化都有+/- 0.2 dex的限制。内禀散射也可能提供一个合理的方法来调和黑洞-星系关系的几个不同研究的广泛结果。

英文摘要:

We assess evolution in the black hole mass - stellar velocity dispersion relationship (M-sigma relationship) for quasars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 for the redshift range 0.1 < z < 1.2. We estimate the black hole mass using the "photoionization method," with the broad Hbeta or Mg II emission line and the quasar continuum luminosity. For the stellar velocity dispersion, we use the narrow [O III] or [O II] emission line as a surrogate. This study is a follow-up to an earlier study in which we investigated evolution in the M-sigma relationship in quasars from Data Release 3. The greatly increased number of quasars in our new sample has allowed us to break our lower-redshift subsample into black hole mass bins and probe the M-sigma relationship for constant black hole mass. The M-sigma relationship for the highest-mass (log M > 9 solar masses) and lowest-mass (log M < 7.5 solar masses) black holes appears to evolve significantly, however most or all of this apparent evolution can be accounted for by various observational biases due to intrinsic scatter in the relationship and to uncertainties in observed quantities. The M-sigma relationship for black holes in the middle mass range (7.5 < log M < 9 solar masses) shows minimal change with redshift. The overall results suggest a limit of +/- 0.2 dex on any evolution in the M-sigma relationship for quasars out to z ~ 1 compared with the relationship observed in the local universe. Intrinsic scatter may also provide a plausible way to reconcile the wide range of results of several different studies of the black hole - galaxy relationships.

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