Compact nuclear objects and properties of their parent galaxies

Abstract

We consider the relationship between the masses of the compact nuclear objects in the centers of disky galaxies -- supermassive black holes (SMBHs) or nuclear star clusters (NCs) -- and such parameters as the maximal velocity of rotation $V_{\textrm{max}}$, obtained from the rotation curves, indicative dynamical mass $M_{25}$, and the color index ($B{-}V$) of their parent galaxies. It was found that the mass of nuclear clusters $M_{\rm nc}$ correlates more closely with the velocity of rotation and total mass of galaxies than the mass of supermassive black holes $M_{\rm bh}$. The dependence of masses of the central objects on the color index is bimodal: galaxies of the red group (red-sequence), which have ($B{-}V) > 0.6{-}0.7$, differ from bluer galaxies, by higher values of $M_{\rm bh}$ for similar host-galaxy parameters. In contrast, in the diagrams for nuclear clusters the "blue" and "red" galaxies form unified sequences. It agrees with scenarios in which most red-group galaxies form as a result of loss of interstellar gas in a stage of high nuclear activity in galaxies whose central black-hole masses are high, exceeding $10^6 {-} 10^7 M_{\odot}$ (depending on the total mass of the galaxy). The active growth of nuclear star clusters possibly begun after the violent AGN activity.