The black hole-bulge relationship

The sample includes objects which have redshifts up to z=0.452, high-quality spectra, and host galaxy spectra dominated by an early-type (bulge) component. The AGN and host galaxy spectral components were decomposed using an eigenspectrum technique.

The BH masses (M_BH_) were estimated from the AGN broad-line widths, and the velocity dispersions were measured from the stellar absorption spectra of the host galaxies. The range of black hole masses covered by the sample is approximately 10^6^<M_BH_<10^9^M_{sun}_. We find no significant evolution in the M_BH_-{sigma}_*_ relation with redshift, up to z~0.4, after controlling for possible dependences on other variables.