The Millennium Galaxy Catalogue: the local supermassive black hole mass function in early- and late-type galaxies

被引:61
作者
Graham, Alister W. [1 ]
Driver, Simon P.
Allen, Paul D.
Liske, Jochen
机构
[1] Swinburne Univ Technol, Ctr Astrophys & Supercomp, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
[2] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland
[3] European So Observ, D-85748 Garching, Germany
关键词
black hole physics; surveys; galaxies : bulges; galaxies : fundamental parameters; galaxies : luminosity function; mass function; galaxies : structure;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11770.x
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We provide a new estimate of the local supermassive black hole mass function using (i) the empirical relation between supermassive black hole mass and the Sersic index of the host spheroidal stellar system and (ii) the measured (spheroid) Sersic indices drawn from 10k galaxies in the Millennium Galaxy Catalogue. The observational simplicity of our approach, and the direct measurements of the black hole predictor quantity, i.e. the Sersic index, for both elliptical galaxies and the bulges of disc galaxies makes it straightforward to estimate accurate black hole masses in early- and late-type galaxies alike. We have parametrized the supermassive black hole mass function with a Schechter function and find, at the low-mass end, a logarithmic slope (1 + alpha) of similar to 0.7 for the full galaxy sample and similar to 1.0 for the early-type galaxy sample. Considering spheroidal stellar systems brighter than M-B = -18 mag, and integrating down to black hole masses of 10(6) M-circle dot, we find that the local mass density of supermassive black holes in early-type galaxies rho(bh,early)_(type) = (3.5 +/- 1.2) x 10(5) h(70)(3) M-circle dot Mpc(-3), and in late-type galaxies rho(bh,late)_(type) = (1.0 +/- 0.5) x 10(5) h(70)(3) M-circle dot Mpc(-3). The uncertainties are derived from Monte Carlo simulations which include uncertainties in the M-bh-n relation, the catalogue of Sersic indices, the galaxy weights and Malmquist bias. The combined, cosmological, supermassive black hole mass density is thus Omega(bh,total) = (3.2 +/- 1.2) x 10(-6) h(70). That is, using a new and independent method, we conclude that (0.007 +/- 0.003) h(70)(3) per cent of the Universe's baryons are presently locked up in supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies.
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