Effect of the initial mass function on the dynamical SMBH mass estimate in the nucleated early-type galaxy FCC 47

• Published in: Astronomy and astrophysics (Berlin) Vol. 675; p. A18
• Main Authors: Thater, Sabine, Lyubenova, Mariya, Fahrion, Katja, Martín-Navarro, Ignacio, Jethwa, Prashin, Nguyen, Dieu D., van de Ven, Glenn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg EDP Sciences 01.07.2023
• Subjects: Adaptive optics; Astronomical models; Dynamite; Galaxies; Initial mass function; Kinematics; Star clusters; Stellar mass; Stellar populations; Supermassive black holes

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and nuclear star clusters (NSCs) co-exist in many galaxies. While the formation history of the black hole is essentially lost, NSCs preserve their evolutionary history imprinted onto their stellar populations and kinematics. Studying SMBHs and NSCs in tandem might he...