Does the
BLR obey the Virial Theorem?
•RM-derived masses follow the same M-sigma
relationship as seen for
normal galaxies that have
black hole masses measured from HST spatially resolved gas or stellar dynamics.
•Not more points since obtaining sigma for AGN is difficult (the AGN dilutes the stellar absorption line EWs).
•Good to 0.5 dex
•
Ferrarese et al. (2001)