! From dor@astro.lsa.umich.edu (Doug Richstone for Sandy Faber) ! ! Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 5 (1995) Phase II Proposal Template ! Id: 6099 ! ! For help call your Program Coordinator: Max Mutchler ! Phone: 410 338-1321 , E-mail: mutchler@stsci.edu Proposal_Information Title: Black Holes and Cores of Early-Type Galaxies Proposal_Category: GO Scientific_Category: AGN Cycle: 5 Investigators PI_name: Sandra Faber PI_Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz CoI_Name: Douglas Richstone CoI_Institution: Unversity of Michigan Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) CoI_Name: John Kormendy CoI_Institution: University of Hawaii Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) CoI_Name: Tod R. Lauer CoI_Institution: NOAO Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) CoI_Name: Alan Dressler CoI_Institution: Carnegie Institution of Washington Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) CoI_Name: Scott Tremaine CoI_Institution: Cdn Inst for Theoretical Astrophys Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) CoI_Name: Ed Ajhar CoI_Institution: NOAO Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) CoI_Name: Yong-Ik Byun CoI_Institution: University of Hawaii Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) CoI_Name: Carl Gebhardt CoI_Institution: Unversity of Michigan Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) CoI_Name: Carl Grillmair CoI_Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Contact: ! Y or N (designate at most one contact) Abstract: ! Free format text (please update) The identification of massive black holes in normal galaxies is a crucial link in establishing the validity of the standard AGN paradigm. The presence of hidden, massive black holes in nearby nuclei is suggested by their central role as the energy source for an accretion disk or torus, and by the sharp decline in the density of luminous quasars since their peak at z ~ 2 - 3. We are proposing here to continue our program from earlier cycles. We wish to i) continue FOS stellar spectroscopy from Cycle 4 to search for central dispersion cusps and high rotation velocities; and ii) image a selected set of galaxies with bright cores to find targets for future FOS stellar spectroscopy. We also identify and propose small increments to the core observational program that greatly augment the value of the total database for the study of many other problems. Questions ! Free format text (please update) Observing_Description: FOS spectroscopy is requested of 4 new candidate galaxies using the G570H grating. This is the same approach we are using in Cycle 4. All proposed objects have already been imaged with HST, so we know that central SB's are feasibly bright (15