To appear in Encyclopedia of Astronomy and
Astrophysics, 2000?
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES IN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
Luis C. Ho
Carnegie Observatories,
813 Santa Barbara St., Pasadena, CA 91101-1292
and
John Kormendy
Department of
Astronomy, RLM 15.308, University of Texas, Austin, TX
78712-1083
Table of Contents
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES AND THE AGN PARADIGM
- MEASURING AGN MASSES: DIRECT METHODS
- Kinematics of Optical Emission Lines
- Kinematics of Radio Masers
- MEASURING AGN MASSES: INDIRECT METHODS
- Fitting the Spectra of Accretion Disks
- Virial Masses from Optical Variability
- X-Ray Variability
- SUMMARY AND PROSPECTUS
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
