Supermassive black holes (BHs) have been found in 85 galaxies by dynamical modeling of
spatially resolved kinematics. The Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized BH research by …

Within the Local Universe galaxies can be studied in great detail star by star, and here we
review the results of quantitative studies in nearby dwarf galaxies. The color-magnitude …

We construct dynamical models for a sample of 36 nearby galaxies with Hubble Space
Telescope (HST) photometry and ground-based kinematics. The models assume that each …

We describe a correlation between the mass M bh of a galaxy's central black hole and the
luminosity-weighted line-of-sight velocity dispersion σ e within the half-light radius. The …

We present a two-dimensional fitting algorithm (GALFIT) designed to extract structural
components from galaxy images, with emphasis on closely modeling light profiles of …

The formation of massive black holes may precede the epoch that characterises the peak of
galaxy formation, as characterized by the star formation history in luminous galaxies. Hence …

New kinematic data and modeling efforts in the past few years have substantially expanded
and revised dynamical measurements of black hole masses (M•) at the centers of nearby …

Observations of nearby galaxies reveal a strong correlation between the mass of the central
dark object M BH and the velocity dispersion σ of the host galaxy, of the form log (M …

We present a two-dimensional (2D) fitting algorithm (Galfit, ver. 3) with new capabilities to
study the structural components of galaxies and other astronomical objects in digital images …

The rapidly expanding field of galaxy formation lies at the interface between astronomy,
particle physics, and cosmology. Covering diverse topics from these disciplines, all of which …