2013ApJ...769..132B

Query : 2013ApJ...769..132B

2013ApJ...769..132B - Astrophys. J., 769, 132 (2013/June-1)

Further evidence for a supermassive black hole mass-pitch angle relation.

BERRIER J.C., DAVIS B.L., KENNEFICK D., KENNEFICK J.D., SEIGAR M.S., BARROWS R.S., HARTLEY M., SHIELDS D., BENTZ M.C. and LACY C.H.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present new and stronger evidence for a previously reported relationship between galactic spiral arm pitch angle P (a measure of the tightness of spiral structure) and the mass MBH of a disk galaxy's nuclear supermassive black hole (SMBH). We use an improved method to accurately measure the spiral arm pitch angle in disk galaxies to generate quantitative data on this morphological feature for 34 galaxies with directly measured black hole masses. We find a relation of log (M/M☉) = (8.21±0.16) - (0.062±0.009)P. This method is compared with other means of estimating black hole mass to determine its effectiveness and usefulness relative to other existing relations. We argue that such a relationship is predicted by leading theories of spiral structure in disk galaxies, including the density wave theory. We propose this relationship as a tool for estimating SMBH masses in disk galaxies. This tool is potentially superior when compared to other methods for this class of galaxy and has the advantage of being unambiguously measurable from imaging data alone.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: fundamental parameters - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - galaxies: nuclei - galaxies: spiral - galaxies: structure

Simbad objects: 66

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Number of rows : 66
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 M 31 AGN 00 42 44.330 +41 16 07.50 4.86 4.36 3.44     ~ 13622 1
2 NGC 253 SyG 00 47 33.134 -25 17 19.68   8.03   6.94 8.1 ~ 3588 2
3 M 33 GiG 01 33 50.8965749232 +30 39 36.630403128 6.17 6.27 5.72     ~ 6226 1
4 NGC 753 GiG 01 57 42.2040241440 +35 54 57.729210264   12.6   11.59   ~ 207 1
5 NGC 863 Sy2 02 14 33.5604714720 -00 46 00.181845336   14.48 13.81 17.9   ~ 770 0
6 M 77 Sy2 02 42 40.7091669408 -00 00 47.859690204 9.70 9.61 8.87 10.1 9.9 ~ 4897 2
7 NGC 1300 Sy2 03 19 41.0462219928 -19 24 40.187565432   11.16 10.42 9.90 10.7 ~ 616 0
8 NGC 1353 EmG 03 32 03.024 -20 49 08.98   12.19 11.35 10.77   ~ 133 0
9 NGC 1357 Sy2 03 33 17.0545498128 -13 39 50.970066984   12.44   11.8 11.3 ~ 152 0
10 NGC 1417 GiG 03 41 57.4246773432 -04 42 17.534003508   12.9   12.09 12.1 ~ 126 0
11 IC 342 AGN 03 46 48.514 +68 05 45.98   10.5       ~ 1579 1
12 MCG+01-12-009 Bla 04 33 11.0956735296 +05 21 15.619461552   15.72 15.05 10.08   ~ 2099 2
13 Z 395-23 Sy1 05 16 11.4092471904 -00 08 59.157166920   14.30 13.92     ~ 953 1
14 NGC 2273 Sy1 06 50 08.6691789600 +60 50 44.864645136   14.50 13.54     ~ 566 2
15 Z 286-10 Sy2 07 19 30.892 +59 21 18.48   13.3       ~ 148 0
16 Z 235-30 Sy1 07 42 32.8210670808 +49 48 34.783809768   14.74 14.27     ~ 769 1
17 NGC 2639 Sy2 08 43 38.0682469032 +50 12 19.942091604 12.90 12.56 11.65     ~ 451 2
18 NGC 2742 GiG 09 07 33.5746410432 +60 28 45.818789124   12.0       ~ 214 0
19 NGC 2841 LIN 09 22 02.6778711696 +50 58 35.737082868 10.43 10.09 9.22     ~ 1113 1
20 NGC 2903 AGN 09 32 10.111 +21 30 02.99 10.44 9.75 9.07 8.68   ~ 1204 3
21 NGC 2960 SyG 09 40 36.3826266216 +03 34 37.235848260   13.60       ~ 197 1
22 NGC 2998 LIN 09 48 43.6305155160 +44 04 53.217027660   13.3       ~ 231 0
23 M 81 Sy2 09 55 33.1726556496 +69 03 55.062505368   7.89 6.94     ~ 4725 3
24 NGC 3145 GiP 10 10 09.8733275136 -12 26 01.801049136   12.4   11.60 11.9 ~ 120 0
25 IC 2560 Sy2 10 16 18.7073057664 -33 33 49.720274676   12.53 13.31 11.25 12.2 ~ 283 1
26 NGC 3198 EmG 10 19 54.990 +45 32 58.88 10.83 10.87 10.33     ~ 946 1
27 NGC 3223 Sy2 10 21 35.0831008008 -34 16 00.504571368   11.82 10.82 10.35 11.2 ~ 174 0
28 NGC 3227 Sy1 10 23 30.5765149296 +19 51 54.282206700   12.61 11.79     ~ 1807 2
29 NGC 3310 AGN 10 38 45.85707 +53 30 11.8940   12.45 12.15     ~ 809 1
30 M 95 GiP 10 43 57.7313485800 +11 42 13.301191332 10.71 10.51 9.73 9.48   ~ 1238 2
31 NGC 3367 Sy1 10 46 34.9528432440 +13 45 03.081157488 11.89 12.05 11.50     ~ 285 1
32 M 96 GiP 10 46 45.744 +11 49 11.78 10.42 10.15 9.25 8.99   ~ 862 1
33 NGC 3393 Sy2 10 48 23.4653152920 -25 09 43.487648784   13.10 13.95 11.67 12.2 ~ 471 1
34 NGC 3516 Sy1 11 06 47.4632200800 +72 34 07.298374656   13.12 12.40     ~ 1638 0
35 NGC 3621 Sy2 11 18 16.300 -32 48 45.36 10.10 9.44 9.56 8.07 10.1 ~ 661 3
36 NGC 3783 Sy1 11 39 01.7096819040 -37 44 19.009642992   12.46 13.43 11.33 12.1 ~ 1765 1
37 NGC 3938 GiG 11 52 49.4335936248 +44 07 14.697085116 10.80 10.90 10.38     ~ 566 1
38 NGC 3982 Sy2 11 56 28.1445516072 +55 07 30.859586652   12.20 11.70 11.18   ~ 588 1
39 M 109 GiG 11 57 35.9631479640 +53 22 29.006082336   10.94   9.57   ~ 483 0
40 NGC 4041 SyG 12 02 12.2376697152 +62 08 14.096124312   11.6       ~ 270 1
41 NGC 4051 Sy1 12 03 09.6101337312 +44 31 52.682601288   11.08 12.92 9.94   ~ 2270 1
42 NGC 4062 EmG 12 04 03.8090248584 +31 53 44.489664636   11.90 11.21 10.62 10.03 ~ 283 0
43 NGC 4151 Sy1 12 10 32.5759813872 +39 24 21.063527532   12.18 11.48     ~ 3938 2
44 M 106 Sy2 12 18 57.620 +47 18 13.39   9.14 8.41 8.11   ~ 2512 4
45 M 61 Sy2 12 21 54.9282582888 +04 28 25.597367184 10.07 10.18 9.65     ~ 1084 1
46 M 100 AGN 12 22 54.9299993592 +15 49 20.296257960 10.04 10.05 9.35     ~ 1963 2
47 NGC 4388 Sy2 12 25 46.820 +12 39 43.45 11.91 11.76 11.02     ~ 1433 2
48 NGC 4395 Sy2 12 25 48.8633109888 +33 32 48.700168152 10.84 10.54 10.11 9.98   ~ 1286 1
49 NGC 4450 LIN 12 28 29.5910654016 +17 05 05.976112020   10.90 10.08     ~ 587 2
50 M 88 Sy2 12 31 59.1525062448 +14 25 13.148971824   14.33 13.18     ~ 843 1
51 NGC 4536 H2G 12 34 27.12887 +02 11 16.3680 11.14 11.16 10.55 17.393   ~ 913 3
52 M 91 LIN 12 35 26.4446761320 +14 29 46.760333748   14.63 13.57     ~ 639 0
53 NGC 4593 Sy1 12 39 39.4435107024 -05 20 39.034988448   13.95 13.15     ~ 1179 0
54 NGC 4800 GiG 12 54 37.7814061056 +46 31 52.276624140   12.0       ~ 159 0
55 NGC 5033 Sy2 13 13 27.535 +36 35 37.14   11.01 12.03 9.73   ~ 909 1
56 M 63 LIN 13 15 49.2741893928 +42 01 45.728076108   9.34 8.59 8.35   ~ 1292 2
57 NGC 5495 Sy2 14 12 23.3599954392 -27 06 29.105572824   13.53 13.5 12.20   ~ 82 3
58 NAME Circinus Galaxy Sy2 14 13 09.906 -65 20 20.47   10.89 9.84 10.6 10.0 ~ 1331 1
59 NGC 5548 Sy1 14 17 59.5400291832 +25 08 12.603122268   14.35 13.73     ~ 2895 0
60 Z 296-15 Sy1 14 36 22.0820611632 +58 47 39.394934844   14.19 13.79     ~ 592 0
61 NGC 6323 GiG 17 13 18.0454114728 +43 46 56.772281424   14.8       ~ 103 1
62 NGC 6926 Sy2 20 33 06.1084582704 -02 01 38.498909376   14.87 13.87 13.0 12.5 ~ 172 2
63 NGC 7331 LIN 22 37 04.0506038088 +34 24 56.800076508 10.65 10.35 9.48     ~ 1284 2
64 NGC 7469 Sy1 23 03 15.6 +08 52 26 12.60 13.00 12.34     ~ 2253 3
65 NGC 7582 Sy2 23 18 23.60 -42 22 13.3 11.62 10.92 10.62     ~ 978 3
66 NGC 7606 EmG 23 19 04.7786629824 -08 29 06.331037820   11.5   10.47 11.1 ~ 197 0

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