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Suppression of star formation in early-type galaxies by feedback from supermassive black holes

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  • Kevin Schawinski

    (University of Oxford)

  • Sadegh Khochfar

    (University of Oxford)

  • Sugata Kaviraj

    (University of Oxford)

  • Sukyoung K. Yi

    (Center for Space Astrophysics, Yonsei University)

  • Alessandro Boselli

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

  • Tom Barlow

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Tim Conrow

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Karl Forster

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Peter G. Friedman

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • D. Chris Martin

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Patrick Morrissey

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Susan Neff

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • David Schiminovich

    (Columbia University)

  • Mark Seibert

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Todd Small

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Ted K. Wyder

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Luciana Bianchi

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Jose Donas

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

  • Tim Heckman

    (Johns Hopkins University)

  • Young-Wook Lee

    (Center for Space Astrophysics, Yonsei University)

  • Barry Madore

    (Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington)

  • Bruno Milliard

    (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

  • R. Michael Rich

    (Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA)

  • Alex Szalay

    (Johns Hopkins University)

Abstract

Galaxies versus black holes Observations in the near-ultraviolet from the the GALEX satellite provide new data on the link between the formation of young stars in massive elliptical galaxies and the supermassive black holes thought to reside at their centres, where they may interact with their hosts by means of 'feedback' in the form of energy and material jets. The data provide constraints in a sophisticated computer model of galaxy evolution, and suggest that there is a critical supermassive black hole mass at which jets and outflows from the black hole become so powerful as to stop all gas accretion and further growth of the host galaxy.

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  • Kevin Schawinski & Sadegh Khochfar & Sugata Kaviraj & Sukyoung K. Yi & Alessandro Boselli & Tom Barlow & Tim Conrow & Karl Forster & Peter G. Friedman & D. Chris Martin & Patrick Morrissey & Susan Nef, 2006. "Suppression of star formation in early-type galaxies by feedback from supermassive black holes," Nature, Nature, vol. 442(7105), pages 888-891, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:442:y:2006:i:7105:d:10.1038_nature04934
    DOI: 10.1038/nature04934
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