Supermassive black hole mass in the massive elliptical galaxy M87 from integral-field stellar dynamics using OASIS and MUSE with adaptive optics: assessing systematic uncertainties

• Published in: Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Vol. 527; no. 2; pp. 2341 - 2361
• Main Authors: Simon, David A, Cappellari, Michele, Hartke, Johanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 01.01.2024
• Subjects: galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxies: individual: M87; instrumentation: adaptive optics; galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; black hole physics

The massive elliptical galaxy M87 has been the subject of several supermassive black hole mass measurements from stellar dynamics, gas dynamics, and recently the black hole shadow by the Event Horizon Telescope. This uniquely positions M87 as a benchmark for alternative black hole mass determination...