Coevolution (or not) of supermassive black holes and host galaxies

J Kormendy, LC Ho - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Supermassive black holes (BHs) have been found in 85 galaxies by dynamical modeling of
spatially resolved kinematics. The Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized BH research by …

Rotation curves of spiral galaxies

Y Sofue, V Rubin - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2001 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Rotation curves of spiral galaxies are the major tool for determining the distribution
of mass in spiral galaxies. They provide fundamental information for understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] The NANOGrav 15 yr data set: Constraints on supermassive black hole binaries from the gravitational-wave background

G Agazie, A Anumarlapudi, AM Archibald… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The NANOGrav 15 yr data set shows evidence for the presence of a low-frequency
gravitational-wave background (GWB). While many physical processes can source such low …

First Sagittarius A* event horizon telescope results. VI. Testing the black hole metric

K Akiyama, A Alberdi, W Alef, JC Algaba… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Astrophysical black holes are expected to be described by the Kerr metric. This is the only
stationary, vacuum, axisymmetric metric, without electromagnetic charge, that satisfies …

[HTML][HTML] First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope results. I. The shadow of the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way

K Akiyama, A Alberdi, W Alef, JC Algaba… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive
Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way - IOPscience Skip to content IOP Science home …

Did NANOGrav see a signal from primordial black hole formation?

V Vaskonen, H Veermäe - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We show that the recent NANOGrav result can be interpreted as a stochastic gravitational
wave signal associated to formation of primordial black holes from high-amplitude curvature …

The X–shooter/ALMA Sample of Quasars in the Epoch of Reionization. II. Black Hole Masses, Eddington Ratios, and the Formation of the First Quasars

EP Farina, JT Schindler, F Walter… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present measurements of black hole masses and Eddington ratios (λ Edd) for a sample
of 38 bright (M 1450<− 24.4 mag) quasars at 5.8≲ z≲ 7.5, derived from Very Large …

AGN wind scaling relations and the co-evolution of black holes and galaxies

F Fiore, C Feruglio, F Shankar, M Bischetti… - Astronomy & …, 2017 - aanda.org
Context. Feedback from accreting supermassive black holes (SMBHs) is often identified as
the main mechanism responsible for regulating star formation in active galactic nucleus …

X-ray spectral modelling of the AGN obscuring region in the CDFS: Bayesian model selection and catalogue

J Buchner, A Georgakakis, K Nandra, L Hsu… - Astronomy & …, 2014 - aanda.org
Context. Aims. Active galactic nuclei are known to have complex X-ray spectra that depend
on both the properties of the accreting super-massive black hole (eg mass, accretion rate) …

The host galaxies of active galactic nuclei

G Kauffmann, TM Heckman, C Tremonti… - Monthly Notices of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We examine the properties of the host galaxies of 22 623 narrow-line active galactic nuclei
(AGN) with 0.02< z< 0.3 selected from a complete sample of 122 808 galaxies from the …