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We present a new constraint on the mass of the black hole in the active S0 galaxy NGC 5273. Due to the proximity of the galaxy at $16.6 \pm 2.1$ Mpc, we were able to resolve and extract the bulk motions of stars near the central black hole using AO-assisted observations with Gemini NIFS, as well as constrain the large-scale kinematics using re-reduced archival SAURON spectroscopy. High resolution HST imaging allowed us to generate a surface brightness decomposition, determine approximate mass-to-light ratios for the bulge and disk, and obtain an estimate for the disk inclination. We constructed an extensive library of dynamical models using the Schwarzschild orbit-superposition code FORSTAND, exploring a range of disk and bulge shapes, halo masses, etc. We determined a black hole mass of $M_{\bullet} = [0.5 - 2] \times 10^{7}$ $M_{\odot}$, where the low side of the range is in agreement with the reverberation mapping measurement of $M_{\bullet} = [4.7 \pm 1.6] \times 10^{6}$ $M_{\odot}$. NGC 5273 is one of only a small number of nearby galaxies hosting broad-lined AGN, allowing crucial comparison of the black hole masses derived from different mass measurement techniques.

Author

Merrell, Katie A.; Vasiliev, Eugene; Bentz, Misty C.; Valluri, Monica; Onken, Christopher A.

Published

2022

Language

EN