Spheroids,Spheroids, Bulges,Bulges, andand HSTHST Tim de Zeeuw Leiden Observatory z EarlyEarly-- andand latelate--typetype galaxiesgalaxies z E/S0E/S0 galaxiesgalaxies z BulgesBulges ofof spiralspiral galaxiesgalaxies z EmissionEmission--lineline gasgas z CentralCentral blackblack holesholes z TheThe FutureFuture Early-type Late-type SpiralSpiral GalaxiesGalaxies EllipticalElliptical GalaxiesGalaxies ‘‘ActivityActivity’’ z SomeSome galaxiesgalaxies containcontain ‘‘activeactive nucleusnucleus’’ – Radio jets, X-rays, optical spike C z Cause:Cause: supermassivesupermassive blackblack holehole FO z MostMost galaxiesgalaxies activeactive inin thethe pastpast z BlackBlack holehole mustmust stillstill bebe therethere OPTICAL ⇒⇒ mostmost normalnormal galaxiesgalaxies havehave M87 (inactive)(inactive) centralcentral blackblack holehole z BlackBlack holehole influencesinfluences galaxygalaxy structurestructure && evolutionevolution RADIO GalaxyGalaxy FormationFormation andand EvolutionEvolution z GalaxiesGalaxies formform byby hierarchicalhierarchical accretion/mergingaccretion/merging – Matter clumps through gravitation – Primordial gas starts forming first – Stars produce heavier elements – Subsequent generations of stars contain more metals z GalaxyGalaxy encountersencounters stillstill occuroccur – Deformation, stripping, merging z BlackBlack holehole alsoalso influencesinfluences evolutionevolution ObservationalObservational ApproachesApproaches z StudyStudy veryvery distantdistant galaxiesgalaxies – Observe evolution (far away = long ago) – Objects faint and small: little information z StudyStudy nearbynearby galaxiesgalaxies – Light not resolved in individual stars – Objects large and bright: internal structure – Infer evolution through archaeology z StudyStudy resolvedresolved stellarstellar populationspopulations – Ages, metallicities and motions of stars – Archaeology of (and nearest neighbors) HSTHST andand E/S0E/S0 galaxiesgalaxies z GiantGiant andand normalnormal E/S0sE/S0s – Distinct central luminosity profiles – Cores, cusps, and central dips z NuclearNuclear disksdisks (gas/dust/stars)(gas/dust/stars) z STISSTIS spectroscopyspectroscopy ⇒⇒ blackblack holehole massesmasses z NuclearNuclear andand globalglobal propertiesproperties correlatecorrelate SpectroscopySpectroscopy

Seven elliptical from the SAURON survey

Velocity fields: stellar motions reveal disks and decoupled cores

Maps of magnesium line strength: age and metal abundance of stars StructureStructure ofof E/S0E/S0 GalaxiesGalaxies z OblateOblate fastfast rotatorsrotators (E(E && S0)S0) – High specific angular momentum – Embedded stellar disk – Can be strongly anisotropic – Generally steep luminosity cusp (km/s) Fast rotator (NGC 4660) z WeaklyWeakly triaxialtriaxial slowslow rotatorsrotators (E)(E) – Some central rotation, but negligible specific angular momentum – Not necessarily strongly anisotropic – Generally shallow luminosity cusp (km/s) Slow rotator (NGC 4458) Emsellem et al 2007, Cappellari et al 2007, MNRAS, and Falcón-Barroso talk FastFast RotatorsRotators

Stellar velocvelocityity field

i=20° i=46° i=79°

z Stellar kinematics resembles that of disk z Embedded in nearly stationary spheroid/bulge KinematicKinematic structurestructure onon allall scalesscales

NGC 4382 McDermid et al., 2006, MNRAS, 373, 906

z SAURON:SAURON: globalglobal kinematicskinematics andand lineline--strengthsstrengths z OASIS:OASIS: spatialspatial resolution:resolution: zoomzoom--inin onon nucleusnucleus z AllowsAllows studystudy ofof orbitalorbital structurestructure nearnear centralcentral BHBH z STIS:STIS: eveneven sharper,sharper, butbut incompleteincomplete viewview BulgesBulges inin SpiralSpiral GalaxiesGalaxies

F606W, F160W & F110W StructureStructure ofof SmallestSmallest BulgesBulges z HSTHST revealedrevealed largelarge nuclearnuclear complexitycomplexity inin latelate--typetype spiralsspirals z ManyMany ~exponential~exponential stellarstellar densitydensity profilesprofiles z TheseThese ‘‘bulgesbulges’’ maymay bebe disksdisks (e.g. Kormendy 1993) z ManyMany havehave nuclearnuclear starstar clustercluster z FormationFormation mechanismmechanism unclearunclear

Carollo et al. 1997-2007; Böker, van der Marel et al. VelocityVelocity dispersiondispersion dropsdrops

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z ~50%~50% ofof SaSa--ScSc spirals:spirals: centralcentral minimumminimum inin σσ z TheseThese ‘‘bulgesbulges’’ areare centralcentral disksdisks z RangeRange ofof starstar formationformation historieshistories Falcón-Barroso et al. 2006; Ganda et al. 2006, Peletier et al. 2007, MNRAS NatureNature ofof BulgesBulges z BulgesBulges seemseem toto bebe twotwo componentcomponent systemssystems – Slow-rotating, spheroidal, R1/4, old – Fast-rotating, disk-like, exponential, forming z WhenWhen diskdisk--likelike componentcomponent dominatesdominates – Exponential profile – Velocity dispersion drop z VarietyVariety ofof starstar formationformation historieshistories – HST multi-color studies (WFPC2/NICMOS/ACS Carollo et al. 2007) – SAURON line strength measurements IonizedIonized GasGas inin E/S0sE/S0s z >75%>75% ofof E/S0sE/S0s havehave extendedextended emissionemission--lineline gasgas – Narrow-band imaging Macchetto et al. 1996, AAS, 120, 463 – SAURON spectroscopy Sarzi et al. 2006, MNRAS, 366, 1151 – Detection rate: S0: 83%, E: 66% – Drops to 55% in cluster (3/9 E’s) z GasGas distributiondistribution andand kinematicskinematics isis diversediverse – Includes non-axisymmetric motions – Gas origin cannot be purely external or internal z WideWide rangerange ofof [OIII]/H[OIII]/Hβ amongamong andand withinwithin galaxiesgalaxies SomeSome ExamplesExamples

Sarzi et al. 2006, MNRAS, 366, 1151 NuclearNuclear IonizedIonized GasGas z ProminentProminent inin activeactive nucleinuclei andand bulgesbulges – ~20% have regular dust disks – Hα, [NII] kinematics (FOS, FOC, STIS) resolves region where black hole dominates, but is often irregular z HSTHST observedobserved overover 100100 objectsobjects – Up to ~100 Mpc distance – ~20% ~fitted by circular rotation ⇒ black hole masses M87M87 FOCFOC

Macchetto et al. 1997 CentralCentral GasGas DiskDisk inin NGCNGC 33793379

HHαα alongalong 3 STIS slitsslits Shapiro et al. 2006, MNRAS, 370, 559 TheThe BlackBlack HoleHole inin NGCNGC 33793379 (E1)(E1)

z MMBH fromfrom stellarstellar motionsmotions andand fromfrom gasgas kinematicskinematics z RegularRegular centralcentral gasgas diskdisk – Three parallel STIS slits – Gas motions not circular – Twisted model consistent

z StellarStellar kinematicskinematics

– SAURON: low spatial resolution: upper limit on MBH – OASIS: lower limit on MBH, insufficient field of view – Combination: FOV and resolution: accurate MBH z MassesMasses consistentconsistent Shapiro et al. 2006, MNRAS, 370, 559 TheThe BlackBlack HoleHole inin NGCNGC 821821 (E6)(E6) z DifferentDifferent datadata setssets – SAURON + STIS – Long-slit + STIS z IndependentIndependent codescodes – Nukers, Valluri & Leiden group – Different orbit sampling – Different regularization – Different regularization Gebhardt McDermid z GoodGood agreementagreement

– MBH statistical error smaller when 2D McDermid et al. 2007 kinematics used NuclearNuclear OrbitalOrbital StructureStructure

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Adiabatic black hole growth

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BinaryBinary blackblack holehole mergersmergers expectedexpected toto resultresult inin tangentiallytangentially biasedbiased orbitsorbits insideinside corecore radiusradius Quinlan & Hernquist 1997 ObservedObserved OrbitalOrbital DistributionsDistributions

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Pred. Tangential orbits z NearlyNearly isotropicisotropic velocityvelocity distributiondistribution atat largelarge radiiradii z IsotropicIsotropic (N821)(N821) oror radialradial (M87)(M87) motionmotion insideinside corecore z SimilarSimilar resultsresults forfor otherother giantgiant ellipticalsellipticals ((inclincl N3379)N3379) z NotNot formedformed byby binarybinary--blackblack holehole merger?merger? MMBHBH fromfrom StellarStellar KinematicsKinematics z BHBH massesmasses forfor ~25~25 E/S0E/S0 galaxiesgalaxies andand bulgesbulges – Based on one STIS slit, and ~2 ground-based slits

– MBH accuracy can be improved by using integral-field data; this also provides accurate M/L’s and inclinations – Possible for all nearby E/S0s in HST/STIS archive z LimitationsLimitations – Only for bright nearby nuclei – Modest spatial resolution at Virgo (0.2'' slit) – Not enough S/N for core galaxies in Virgo: these are targets for AO-assisted IFU’s on 8m groundbased telescopes (e.g. SINFONI on VLT) BlackBlack HoleHole DemographicsDemographics z EllipticalsEllipticals – Be careful with masses from gas kinematics – Need stellar kinematics for core galaxies (8m) z SpiralsSpirals – Not many masses, 7 especially < 4x10 M~ – Late type disks: no BH? z ScatterScatter – Observational errors Ferrarese & Ford 2005 – Systematics (triaxiality, asymmetries) – Related to merger history? GalaxiesGalaxies withoutwithout BlackBlack HolesHoles z M33M33 andand NGCNGC 205205 – Central – No AGN – Strong upper limit on black hole mass z IfIf theythey havehave aa BH,BH, thenthen itsits massmass isis wellwell

belowbelow thethe (M(MBH,,σσ)) relationrelation

Valluri et al. 2005, ApJ 628, 137 TheThe FutureFuture WHT z IncreasedIncreased resolutionresolution needed:needed: – Zooming in on nuclei & more distant objects z AdaptiveAdaptive opticsoptics – Natural guide star: few objects – Increased sky coverage with laser z NucleiNuclei – Integral-field spectroscopy to constrain orbital structure near black hole Gemini N – Infra-red wavelengths: probe dusty nuclei (SINFONI/NIFS/OSIRIS) – Optical wavelengths: stellar populations (OASIS/GMOS/MUSE) VLT CentaurusCentaurus AA CenCen AA withwith SINFONISINFONI onon VLTVLT

Häring-Neumayer et al. 2007 z HH2 emissionemission atat 2.12 µµm:m: regularregular rotationrotation z StellarStellar kinematicskinematics fromfrom COCO bandheadbandhead z AOAO assistedassisted spectroscopy:spectroscopy: spatialspatial resolutionresolution 0”12 z ExcellentExcellent constraintsconstraints onon MMBH:: gasgas andand starsstars TheThe BlackBlack HoleHole inin CenCen AA

z GasGas diskdisk twistedtwisted && warpedwarped – Tilted ring model: excellent fit – Include velocity dispersion 7 z MMBH == 4.54.5 xx 1010 MM~ z SameSame valuevalue foundfound forfor dynamicaldynamical modelmodel thatthat fitsfits stellarstellar kinematicskinematics Häring-Neumayer et al. 2007 ConclusionsConclusions z HSTHST transformedtransformed ourour understandingunderstanding ofof spheroidsspheroids andand bulgesbulges – Cores, cusps, gas, nuclear star clusters, black holes – Triggered much follow-up ground-based work z VLTVLT++,, ALMA,ALMA, JWST,JWST, andand ELTELT toto comecome

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