A black-hole mass measurement from molecular gas kinematics in NGC4526

Timothy A. Davis (), Martin Bureau, Michele Cappellari, Marc Sarzi and Leo Blitz
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Timothy A. Davis: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching-bei-München, Germany
Martin Bureau: University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Michele Cappellari: University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
Marc Sarzi: Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts AL1 9AB, UK
Leo Blitz: University of California

Nature, 2013, vol. 494, issue 7437, 328-330

Abstract: In this study a supermassive black-hole mass is measured by tracing the motions of molecular gas clouds swirling around it, a technique that promises to allow measurements of black-hole mass in many more galaxies of all types than previously possible.

Date: 2013
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