Roberts, Caroline ABentz, Misty CVasiliev, EugeneValluri, MonicaOnken, Christopher2023-03-302023-03-300004-637Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/287880The mass of a supermassive black hole (M BH) is a fundamental property that can be obtained through observational methods. Constraining M BH through multiple methods for an individual galaxy is important for verifying the accuracy of different techniques and for investigating the assumptions inherent in each method. However, there exist only a few galaxies where multiple M BH measurement techniques can be applied. NGC 4151 is one of these rare galaxies for which multiple methods can be used: stellar and gas dynamical modeling because of its proximity (D = 15.8 0.4 Mpc from Cepheids), and reverberation mapping because of its active accretion. In this work, we reanalyzed H-band integral field spectroscopy of the nucleus of NGC 4151 from Gemini NIFS, improving the analysis at several key steps. We then constructed a wide range of axisymmetric dynamical models with the new orbit-superposition code Forstand. One of our primary goals is to quantify the systematic uncertainties in M BH arising from different combinations of the deprojected density profile, inclination, intrinsic flattening, and mass-to-light ratio. As a consequence of uncertainties on the stellar luminosity profile arising from the presence of the active galactic nucleus, our constraints on M BH are rather weak. Models with a steep central cusp are consistent with no black hole; however, in models with more moderate cusps, the black hole mass lies within the range of 0.25 107 M o˙ ≲ M BH ≲ 3 107 M o˙. This measurement is somewhat smaller than the earlier analysis presented by Onken et al. but agrees with previous M BH values from gas dynamical modeling and reverberation mapping. Future dynamical modeling of reverberation data, as well as IFU observations with JWST, will aid in further constraining the mass of the central supermassive black hole in NGC 4151.C.A.R. and M.C.B. gratefully acknowledge support from the National Science Foundation through CAREER grant AST-1253702 and AAG grant AST2009230. C.A.O. acknowledges support from the Australian Research Council through Discovery Project DP190100252. MV gratefully acknowledges support from the National Science Foundation through AAG grants AST-1515001 and AST2009122 and the Space Telescope Science institute through HST-AR-13890.001 and JWST-ERS-01364.002-A. E.V. acknowledges support from STFC via the Consolidated grant to the Institute of Astronomy. We thank Eric Emsellem for providing SAURON IFU observations of NGC 4151.application/pdfen-AU© 2021. The American Astronomical SocietyActive galaxiesSeyfert galaxiesSupermassive black holesThe Black Hole Mass of NGC 4151 from Stellar Dynamical Modeling202110.3847/1538-4357/ac05b62022-01-16