NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2013A-0396
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PI: Nicholas J. McConnell, University of Hawaii, Manoa, nmcc@ifa.hawaii.edu
Address: Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Dr., Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
CoI: Chung-Pei Ma, University of California, Berkeley
CoI: James R. Graham, University of California, Berkeley
CoI: Karl Gebhardt, Univerity of Texas, Austin
CoI: Tod R. Lauer, NOAO
Title: Black Holes in Luminous Southern Hemisphere Galaxies
Abstract:
In semesters 2012A and 2012B, our team began an ambitious program to
measure black hole masses in a diverse sample of galaxies, using both
Gemini North and Gemini South. A large sample will allow us to better
define the high-mass ends of scaling relations between black holes and
their host galaxies, and to assess whether scatter in the relations
arises from stochastic black hole growth or from systematic differences
between galaxy types. For semester 2013A, we focus on four new galaxies
residing in different environments, to build a comparison sample for
Brightest Cluster Galaxies with previously measured black hole masses.
The integral-field units (IFUs) on GMOS-N and GMOS-S are ideal
instruments for efficiently measuring stellar kinematics in galaxy
nuclei and thereby determining the central black hole mass.
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