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Gas Disks and Supermassive Black Holes in Nearby Radio Galaxies

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scribed by Verdoes Kleijn et al. (1999), <strong>and</strong> fitt<strong>in</strong>g a r 1/4 -law profile of the form<br />

I = I0 exp (−7.67(x/re) 0.25 − 1) (2.4)<br />

to the stellar surface brightness profile outside of the break radius.<br />

This procedure to f<strong>in</strong>d σc follows the same prescription as Ferrarese & Merritt<br />

(2000). Us<strong>in</strong>g their relationship between σc <strong>and</strong> M• (Merritt & Ferrarese, 2001):<br />

M• = 1.30 × 10 8 M⊙<br />

�<br />

σc<br />

200kms −1<br />

31<br />

� 4.72<br />

, (2.5)<br />

we estimate values of M• for our sample galaxies. The stellar velocity dispersions<br />

<strong>and</strong> black hole mass estimates are listed <strong>in</strong> Table 2.3, where we also give measured<br />

black hole masses for the 5 sample galaxies for which such data exist. The five<br />

measured black hole masses are plotted on a M• − σc diagram <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g all reliable<br />

black hole masses (cf Figure 1.8) <strong>in</strong> Figure 2.22.<br />

Variations of this relationship give different values for M•, however for our pur-<br />

poses <strong>in</strong> this dissertation we will give black hole mass estimates based on the above<br />

relationship <strong>and</strong> rem<strong>in</strong>d the reader that the masses may vary somewhat from these<br />

values.

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