The Central Kinematics and Black Hole Mass of 4C+37.11
Abstract
We report on integral field unit (IFU) measurements of the host of the radio source 4C+37.11. This massive elliptical contains the only resolved double compact nucleus at parsec-scale separation, likely a bound supermassive black hole binary (SMBHB). i-band photometry and GMOS-N IFU spectroscopy show that the galaxy has a large r b = 1.″5 core and that the stellar velocity dispersion increases inside of a radius of influence r SOI ≈ 1.″3. Jeans Anisotropic Modeling analysis of the core infers a total SMBHB mass of ${2.8}_{-0.8}^{+0.8}\times {10}^{10}{M}_{\odot }$ , making this one of the most massive black hole systems known. Our data indicate that there has been significant scouring of the central kiloparsec of the host galaxy.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- January 2024
- DOI:
- 10.3847/1538-4357/ad14fa
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2312.07766
- Bibcode:
- 2024ApJ...960..110S
- Keywords:
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- Supermassive black holes;
- Giant elliptical galaxies;
- Brightest cluster galaxies;
- 1663;
- 651;
- 181;
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- E-Print:
- To appear in the Astrophysical Journal