What drives the growth of black holes?

DM Alexander, RC Hickox - New Astronomy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Massive black holes (BHs) are at once exotic and yet ubiquitous, residing at the centers of
massive galaxies in the local Universe. Recent years have seen remarkable advances in …

Cosmic X-ray surveys of distant active galaxies: The demographics, physics, and ecology of growing supermassive black holes

WN Brandt, DM Alexander - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2015 - Springer
We review results from cosmic X-ray surveys of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) over the past
≈ 15≈ 15 years that have dramatically improved our understanding of growing …

A study of the gas–star formation relation over cosmic time

R Genzel, LJ Tacconi, J Gracia-Carpio… - Monthly notices of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
We use the first systematic data sets of CO molecular line emission in z∼ 1–3 normal star-
forming galaxies (SFGs) for a comparison of the dependence of galaxy-averaged star …

GOODS–Herschel: an infrared main sequence for star-forming galaxies

D Elbaz, M Dickinson, HS Hwang… - Astronomy & …, 2011 - aanda.org
We present the deepest 100 to 500 μm far-infrared observations obtained with the Herschel
Space Observatory as part of the GOODS-Herschel key program, and examine the infrared …

Fast molecular outflows in luminous galaxy mergers: evidence for quasar feedback from Herschel

S Veilleux, M Meléndez, E Sturm… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the results from a systematic search for molecular (OH 119 μm) outflows with
Herschel/PACS in a sample of 43 nearby (z< 0.3) galaxy mergers, mostly ultraluminous …

Black hole variability and the star formation–active galactic nucleus connection: do all star-forming galaxies host an active galactic nucleus?

RC Hickox, JR Mullaney, DM Alexander… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the effect of active galactic nucleus (AGN) variability on the observed
connection between star formation and black hole accretion in extragalactic surveys. Recent …

[图书][B] The physics and evolution of active galactic nuclei

H Netzer - 2013 - books.google.com
" Research into active galactic nuclei (AGN)-the compact, luminous hearts of many galaxies-
is at the forefront of modern astrophysics. Understanding these objects requires extensive …

The dust content of galaxies from z = 0 to z = 9

G Popping, RS Somerville… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
We study the dust content of galaxies from z= 0 to z= 9 in semi-analytic models of galaxy
formation that include new recipes to track the production and destruction of dust. We …

Structure and formation of elliptical and spheroidal galaxies

J Kormendy, DB Fisher, ME Cornell… - The Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
New surface photometry of all known elliptical galaxies in the Virgo cluster is combined with
published data to derive composite profiles of brightness, ellipticity, position angle, isophote …

AGN dusty tori. II. Observational implications of clumpiness

M Nenkova, MM Sirocky, R Nikutta… - The Astrophysical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Clumpy torus models with\mathstrut {\cal N} _ {0}\sim 5 {\mbox {--}} 15 dusty clouds along
radial equatorial rays successfully explain AGN infrared observations. The dust has …