The Astrophysical Journal (Jan 2024)
No Evidence for a Significant Evolution of M•–M. Relation in Massive Galaxies up to z ∼ 4
- Yang Sun,
- Jianwei Lyu,
- George H. Rieke,
- Zhiyuan Ji,
- Fengwu Sun,
- Yongda Zhu,
- Andrew J. Bunker,
- Phillip A. Cargile,
- Chiara Circosta,
- Francesco D’Eugenio,
- Eiichi Egami,
- Kevin Hainline,
- Jakob M. Helton,
- Pierluigi Rinaldi,
- Brant E. Robertson,
- Jan Scholtz,
- Irene Shivaei,
- Meredith A. Stone,
- Sandro Tacchella,
- Christina C. Williams,
- Christopher N. A. Willmer,
- Chris Willott
Affiliations
- Yang Sun
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Jianwei Lyu
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- George H. Rieke
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Zhiyuan Ji
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Fengwu Sun
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- Center for Astrophysics—Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Yongda Zhu
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Andrew J. Bunker
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- Department of Physics, University of Oxford , Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
- Phillip A. Cargile
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- Center for Astrophysics—Harvard & Smithsonian , 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
- Chiara Circosta
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- European Space Agency (ESA) , European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), Camino Bajo del Castillo s/n, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain; Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London , Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
- Francesco D’Eugenio
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory—Astrophysics Group, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK; INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera , via Brera 28, I-20121 Milano, Italy
- Eiichi Egami
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Kevin Hainline
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Jakob M. Helton
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Pierluigi Rinaldi
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Brant E. Robertson
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California , Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
- Jan Scholtz
- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory—Astrophysics Group, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Irene Shivaei
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- Centro de Astrobiología (CAB) , CSIC-INTA, Ctra. de Ajalvir km 4, Torrejón de Ardoz, E-28850, Madrid, Spain
- Meredith A. Stone
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Sandro Tacchella
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- Kavli Institute for Cosmology, University of Cambridge , Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK; Cavendish Laboratory—Astrophysics Group, University of Cambridge , 19 JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE, UK
- Christina C. Williams
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]; NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory , 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
- Christopher N. A. Willmer
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- Steward Observatory, University of Arizona , 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA ; [email protected]
- Chris Willott
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- NRC Herzberg , 5071 West Saanich Road, Victoria, BC V9E 2E7, Canada
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad973b
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 978,
no. 1
p. 98
Abstract
Over the past two decades, tight correlations between black hole masses ( M _• ) and their host galaxy properties have been firmly established for massive galaxies (with stellar mass $\mathrm{log}({M}_{* }/{M}_{\odot })\gtrsim 10$ ) at low- z ( z 2.5) from the WFSS data, we measure their black hole masses based on broad near-infrared lines (Pa α , Pa β , and He i λ 10833 Å), and constrain their stellar masses from AGN-galaxy image decomposition or spectral energy distribution decomposition. Taking account of the observational biases, the intrinsic scatter of the M _• − M _* relation, and the errors in mass measurements, we find no significant difference in the M _• / M _* ratio for 2.5 < z < 4 compared to that at lower redshifts (1 < z < 2.5), suggesting no evolution of the M _• − M _* relation at $\mathrm{log}({M}_{* }/{M}_{\odot })\gtrsim 10$ up to z ∼ 4.
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