Whittle : EXTRAGALACTIC ASTRONOMY


 
     
 
1 : Preliminaries   6 :   Dynamics I 11 : Star Formation  16 : Cosmology
2 : Morphology   7 :   Ellipticals 12 : Interactions 17 : Structure Growth 
3 : Surveys 8 :   Dynamics II 13 : Groups & Clusters  18 : Galaxy Formation 
4 : Lum. Functions  9 :   Gas & Dust   14 : Nuclei & BHs 19 : Reionization & IGM  
5 : Spirals 10 : Populations    15 : AGNs & Quasars 20 : Dark Matter



 

14.   GALAXY NUCLEI & NUCLEAR BLACK HOLES


 
         

   

(1) Introduction

     

(2) Finding Nuclear Black Holes

Here we outline the basic approach for finding nuclear black holes :

     

(3) Difficulties

     

(4) Case Studies

Most of the methods and difficulties can be illustrated by a few good cases :

(a) M87 -- Giant Elliptical

(b) M84 -- Another Giant Elliptical

(c) NGC 3115 -- An Edge on S0 Galaxy

(d) M31 -- Nearby Luminous Sb

(e) M32 -- Nearby Compact Dwarf Elliptical

(f) NGC 4258 -- Sbc Galaxy

(g) Milky Way Nucleus

     

(5) Influence of Black Holes on Nuclear Star Distributions

(a) In Situ Growth of Black Holes

(b) Star Scattering and Orbit Modification

(c) Binary Black Holes

     

(6) Black Hole Demographics

(a) A Major New Component of Galaxies

(b) The Ubiquity of Nuclear Black Holes

(c) Ties to the Bulge

     

(7) Black Holes and Galaxy Evolution

     

(8) The Galactic Center as a Typical Galaxy Nucleus