Program: GN-2013B-Q-68

Title:The Black Hole Safari Forges Ahead
PI:Nicholas McConnell
Co-I(s): James Graham, Chung-Pei Ma, Tod Lauer, Karl Gebhardt

Abstract

We propose to measure the central black hole masses (MBH) of eight galaxies using a combination of adaptive optics and seeing-limited data from Keck 1 (OSIRIS) and Gemini North (NIFS, GMOS-N). This proposal continues an ambitious program, the Black Hole Safari, to measure MBH in a large and diverse sample of galaxies. The Black Hole Safari will better define the high-mass ends of scaling relations between black holes and their host galaxies, and assess whether scatter in the relations arises from stochastic black hole growth or from systematic differences between galaxies in different cosmic environments.

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