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Nuclear clusters, bulges and massive black holes in spiral galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2004

Mark A. Hughes ,
Almudena Alonso-Herrero ,
John Atkinson ,
David J. Axon ,
Dan Batcheldor ,
C. Marcella Carollo ,
Alessandro Marconi  and
Claudia Scarlata
Mark A. Hughes
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom email: mah@star.herts.ac.uk
Almudena Alonso-Herrero
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
John Atkinson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom email: mah@star.herts.ac.uk
David J. Axon
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, RIT, 84 Lomb Memorial Dr., Rochester, NY 14623-5603, USA
Dan Batcheldor
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom email: mah@star.herts.ac.uk
C. Marcella Carollo
Affiliation:
Eidgenoessische Technische Hochshule Zuerich, Hoenggerberg HPF G4.3, CH-8092 Zuerich, Switzerland
Alessandro Marconi
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E. Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Claudia Scarlata
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Abstract

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We report on some of the recent work that has come from our Hubble Space Telescope programme to find massive black holes in nearby spiral galaxies. Determining black hole masses from gas kinematics in spiral galaxies is difficult, but results have been reported for NGC 4041 and new results are soon to be reported for NGC 1300 and NGC 2748. Complementary programmes are also looking for the presence of nuclear star clusters in our Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and archival Near-infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) images. We are also currently analysing United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) Fast Track Imager (UFTI) near-infrared images to determine the surface brightness profiles for 37 of the galaxies in the sample.To search for other articles by the author(s) go to: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2004 , Issue IAUS222 , March 2004 , pp. 181 - 182
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© 2004 International Astronomical Union