Supermassive black hole mass measurements for NGC 1300 and 2748 based on Hubble Space Telescope emission-line gas kinematics

J. W. Atkinson; J. L. Collett; A. Marconi; D. J. Axon; A. Alonso-Herrero; D. Batcheldor; J. J. Binney; A. Capetti; C. M. Carollo; L. Dressel; H. Ford; J. Gerssen; M. A. Hughes; D. Macchetto; W. Maciejewski; M. R. Merrifield; C. Scarlata; W. Sparks; M. Stiavelli; Z. Tsvetanov; R. P. Van Der Mare

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08904.x

Supermassive black hole mass measurements for NGC 1300 and 2748 based on Hubble Space Telescope emission-line gas kinematics

J. W. Atkinson^*
, J. L. Collett
, A. Marconi
, D. J. Axon
, A. Alonso-Herrero
, D. Batcheldor
, J. J. Binney
, A. Capetti
, C. M. Carollo
, L. Dressel
, H. Ford
, J. Gerssen
, M. A. Hughes
, D. Macchetto
, W. Maciejewski
, M. R. Merrifield
, C. Scarlata
, W. Sparks
, M. Stiavelli
, Z. Tsvetanov

R. P. Van Der Mare

^*Corresponding author for this work

University of Hertfordshire
Osservatorio Astrofisico Di Arcetri, Florence
Rochester Institute of Technology
CSIC - Institute for the Structure of Matter
University of Oxford
Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino
ETH Zurich—Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics (IPA)
Space Telescope Science Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Durham University
Jagiellonian University in Kraków
University of Nottingham

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We present Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph emission-line spectra of the central regions of the spiral galaxies NGC 1300 and 2748. From the derived kinematics of the nuclear gas we have found evidence for central supermassive black holes in both galaxies. The estimated masses of the black holes in NGC 1300 and 2748 are (6.6_-3.2^+6.3) × 10⁷ and (4.4_3.6^+3.5) × 10⁷ M⊙, respectively (both at the 95 per cent confidence level). These two black hole mass estimates contribute to the poorly sampled low-mass end of the nuclear black hole mass spectrum.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	504-520
Number of pages	17
Journal	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volume	359
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08904.x
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Black hole physics
Galaxies: individual: NGC 1300
Galaxies: individual: NGC 2748
Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
Galaxies: nuclei
Galaxies: spiral

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Atkinson, J. W., Collett, J. L., Marconi, A., Axon, D. J., Alonso-Herrero, A., Batcheldor, D., Binney, J. J., Capetti, A., Carollo, C. M., Dressel, L., Ford, H., Gerssen, J., Hughes, M. A., Macchetto, D., Maciejewski, W., Merrifield, M. R., Scarlata, C., Sparks, W., Stiavelli, M., ... Van Der Mare, R. P. (2005). Supermassive black hole mass measurements for NGC 1300 and 2748 based on Hubble Space Telescope emission-line gas kinematics. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 359(2), 504-520. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.08904.x

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Supermassive black hole mass measurements for NGC 1300 and 2748 based on Hubble Space Telescope emission-line gas kinematics

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