Observational evidence for intermediate-mass black holes

M Mezcua - International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2017 - World Scientific
Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), with masses in the range 1 0 0–1 0 6 M⊙, are the
link between stellar-mass BHs and supermassive BHs (SMBHs). They are thought to be the …

Hunting for massive black holes in dwarf galaxies

AE Reines - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
Despite traditional thinking, an appreciable population of massive black holes (that is, more
massive than stellar-mass black holes) may be lurking in dwarf galaxies. Before the last …

Relations between central black hole mass and total galaxy stellar mass in the local universe

AE Reines, M Volonteri - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Scaling relations between central black hole (BH) mass and host galaxy properties are of
fundamental importance to studies of BH and galaxy evolution throughout cosmic time. Here …

The low-luminosity end of the radius–luminosity relationship for active galactic nuclei

MC Bentz, KD Denney, CJ Grier, AJ Barth… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an updated and revised analysis of the relationship between the Hβ broad-line
region (BLR) radius and the luminosity of the active galactic nucleus (AGN). Specifically, we …

Dwarf galaxies with optical signatures of active massive black holes

AE Reines, JE Greene, M Geha - The Astrophysical Journal, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a sample of 151 dwarf galaxies (10 8.5≲ M⋆≲ 10 9.5 M☉) that exhibit optical
spectroscopic signatures of accreting massive black holes (BHs), increasing the number of …

An expanded Mbh–σ diagram, and a new calibration of active galactic nuclei masses

AW Graham, CA Onken… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We present an updated and improved M bh–σ diagram containing 64 galaxies for which M
bh measurements (not just upper limits) are available. Because of new and increased black …

Intermediate and extreme mass-ratio inspirals—astrophysics, science applications and detection using LISA

P Amaro-Seoane, JR Gair, M Freitag… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Black hole binaries with extreme (≳ 10 4: 1) or intermediate (∼ 10 2–10 4: 1) mass ratios
are among the most interesting gravitational wave sources that are expected to be detected …

A population of bona fide intermediate-mass black holes identified as low-luminosity active galactic nuclei

IV Chilingarian, IY Katkov, IY Zolotukhin… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Nearly every massive galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in its nucleus.
SMBH masses are millions to billions of solar mass, and they correlate with properties of …

A new sample of low-mass black holes in active galaxies

JE Greene, LC Ho - The Astrophysical Journal, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an expanded sample of low-mass black holes (BHs) found in galactic nuclei.
Using standard virial mass techniques to estimate BH masses, we select from the Fourth …

Black holes at the centers of nearby dwarf galaxies

EC Moran, K Shahinyan, HR Sugarman… - The Astronomical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Using a distance-limited portion of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7, we
have identified 28 active galactic nuclei (AGNs) in nearby ($ d\leqslant 80$ Mpc) low-mass …