2023MNRAS.521.1023G -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 521, 1023-1044 (2023/May-1)
Splitting the lentils: Clues to galaxy/black hole coevolution from the discovery of offset relations for non-dusty versus dusty (wet-merger-built) lenticular galaxies in the Mbh-M*,spheroid and Mbh-M*,galaxy diagrams.
GRAHAM A.W.
Abstract (from CDS):
This work advances the (galaxy morphology)-dependent (black hole mass, Mbh)-(spheroid/galaxy stellar mass, M*) scaling relations by introducing 'dust bins' for lenticular (S0) galaxies. Doing so has led to the discovery of Mbh-M*,sph and Mbh-M*,gal relations for dusty S0 galaxies - built by major wet mergers and comprising half the S0 sample - offset from the distribution of dust-poor S0 galaxies. The situation is reminiscent of how major dry mergers of massive S0 galaxies have created an offset population of ellicular and elliptical galaxies. For a given Mbh, the dust-rich S0 galaxies have 3-4 times higher M*,sph than the dust-poor S0 galaxies, and the steep distributions of both populations in the Mbh-M*,sph diagram bracket the $M_{\rm bh} \propto M_{\rm *,sph}^{2.27\begin{tex}\pm\end{tex}0.48}$ relation defined by the spiral galaxies, themselves renovated through minor mergers. The new relations offer refined means to estimate Mbh in other galaxies and should aid with: (i) constructing (galaxy morphology)-dependent black hole mass functions; (ii) estimating the masses of black holes associated with tidal disruption events; (iii) better quantifying evolution in the scaling relations via improved comparisons with high-z data by alleviating the pickle of apples versus oranges; (iv) mergers and long-wavelength gravitational wave science; (v) simulations of galaxy/black hole coevolution and semi-analytic works involving galaxy speciation; plus (vi) facilitating improved extrapolations into the intermediate-mass black hole landscape. The role of the galaxy's environment is also discussed, and many potential projects that can further explore the morphological divisions are mentioned.
Abstract Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: bulges - galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: interactions - quasars: supermassive black holes - galaxies: structure
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