• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/700/2/1690
Corpus ID: 15481963

THE BLACK HOLE MASS, STELLAR MASS-TO-LIGHT RATIO, AND DARK HALO IN M87

@article{Gebhardt2009THEBH,
  title={THE BLACK HOLE MASS, STELLAR MASS-TO-LIGHT RATIO, AND DARK HALO IN M87},
  author={K. Gebhardt and J. Thomas},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2009},
  volume={700},
  pages={1690-1701}
}

K. Gebhardt, J. Thomas

Published 2009

Physics

The Astrophysical Journal

We model the dynamical structure of M87 (NGC4486) using high spatial resolution long-slit observations of stellar light in the central regions, two-dimensional stellar light kinematics out to half of the effective radius, and globular cluster velocities out to eight effective radii. We simultaneously fit for four parameters: black hole mass, dark halo core radius, dark halo circular velocity, and stellar mass-to-light (M/L) ratio. We find a black hole mass of 6.4({+-}0.5) x 10{sup 9} M {sub sun… CONTINUE READING

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