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Black Hole Masses and Accretion Rates in Nearby AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Stuart Lumsden ,
Jonathan Digby-North ,
Olivia Jones ,
Hazel Rogers ,
Sam Rushforth  and
Mark Whittaker
Stuart Lumsden
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
Jonathan Digby-North
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
Olivia Jones
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
Hazel Rogers
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
Sam Rushforth
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
Mark Whittaker
Affiliation:
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Email: s.l.lumsden@leeds.ac.uk
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Abstract

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We present results from a survey of the properties of the central black holes in nearby AGN. This shows that AGN radiating near Eddington are on average less massive now than at z ~ 1.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: nucleiaccretion, accretion disks
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 207
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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