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A Fundamental Relation Between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies

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The masses of supermassive black holes correlate almost perfectly with the velocity dispersions of their host bulges, M(BH) ~ sigma^alpha, where alpha =4.8 +/- 0.5$. The relation is much tighter than the relation between M(BH) and bulge luminosity, with a scatter no larger than expected on the basis of measurement error alone. Black hole masses estimated by Magorrian et al. (1998) lie systematically above the M(BH)-sigma relation defined by more accurate mass estimates, some by as much as two orders of magnitude. The tightness of the M(BH)-sigma relation implies a strong link between black hole formation and the properties of the stellar bulge.

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Tracing Active Galactic Nuclei Properties Through a Changing-look Event

astro-ph.GA · 2026-04-08 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

A changing-look AGN exhibits a rapid accretion-driven spectral transition with broad-line region temperatures of approximately 11,800 K measured via Boltzmann plots and stable black hole mass estimates of 5 times 10 to the 7 solar masses across epochs.

The $M$-$\sigma$ Relation Has to Break

astro-ph.GA · 2026-06-19 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Capture-driven growth model predicts M ≈ 10^5 M_⊙ × (σ/50 km s^{-1})^{2.5}, requiring the M-σ relation to flatten to 2.26 < β < 2.5 below 10^5 M_⊙.

The limits of feedback from active galactic nuclei

astro-ph.GA · 2026-05-15 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

AGN feedback creates a mass-independent entropy ceiling that allows outflows to escape halos only below M_200m = 10^13.7 M_sun, explaining depleted gas in groups versus near-cosmic fractions in clusters.

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