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Astrophysics

the tight correlation between the mass of a galaxy's central black hole and the velocity dispersion of its bulge stars.

In astrophysics, M-sigma relation refers to the tight correlation between the mass of a galaxy's central black hole and the velocity dispersion of its bulge stars. This meaning comes from Ferrarese (2000) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Ferrarese, L., & Merritt, D. (2000). A Fundamental Relation between Supermassive Black Holes and Their Host Galaxies. The Astrophysical Journal, 539(1), L9-L12. https://doi.org/10.1086/312838

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