M33: A galaxy with no supermassive black hole

被引:210
作者
Gebhardt, K
Lauer, TR
Kormendy, J
Pinkney, J
Bower, GA
Green, R
Gull, T
Hutchings, JB
Kaiser, ME
Nelson, CH
Richstone, D
Weistrop, D
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Dept Astron, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[2] Natl Opt Astron Observ, Tucson, AZ 85726 USA
[3] Univ Michigan, Dept Astron, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
[4] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Astron & Solar Phys Lab, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
[5] Natl Res Council Canada, Herzberg Inst Astrophys, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada
[6] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[7] Univ Nevada, Dept Phys, Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA
关键词
galaxies : general; galaxies : nuclei;
D O I
10.1086/323481
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Galaxies that contain bulges appear to contain central black holes whose masses correlate with the velocity dispersion of the bulge. We show that no corresponding relationship applies in the pure disk galaxy M33. Three-integral dynamical models fit Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 photometry and Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph spectroscopy best if the central black hole mass is zero. The upper limit is 1500 M.. This is significantly below the mass expected from the velocity dispersion of the nucleus and far below any mass predicted from the disk kinematics. Our results suggest that supermassive black holes are associated only with galaxy bulges and not with their disks.
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页码:2469 / 2476
页数:8
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