Photodissociation and X-Ray-Dominated Regions

MG Wolfire, L Vallini, M Chevance - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The radiation from stars and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) creates photodissociation regions
(PDRs) and X-ray-dominated regions (XDRs), where the chemistry or heating is dominated …

Cool outflows in galaxies and their implications

S Veilleux, R Maiolino, AD Bolatto, S Aalto - The Astronomy and …, 2020 - Springer
Neutral-atomic and molecular outflows are a common occurrence in galaxies, near and far.
They operate over the full extent of their galaxy hosts, from the innermost regions of galactic …

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 …

First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI: Testing the Black Hole Metric

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.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 …

Active galactic nuclei flicker: an observational estimate of the duration of black hole growth phases of ∼105 yr

K Schawinski, M Koss, S Berney… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We present an observational constraint for the typical active galactic nucleus (AGN) phase
lifetime. The argument is based on the time lag between an AGN central engine switching …

The Galactic Center massive black hole and nuclear star cluster

R Genzel, F Eisenhauer, S Gillessen - Reviews of modern physics, 2010 - APS
The Galactic Center is an excellent laboratory for studying phenomena and physical
processes that may be occurring in many other galactic nuclei. The center of our Milky Way …

Giant gamma-ray bubbles from Fermi-LAT: active galactic nucleus activity or bipolar galactic wind?

M Su, TR Slatyer, DP Finkbeiner - The Astrophysical Journal, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Data from the Fermi-LAT reveal two large gamma-ray bubbles, extending 50 above and
below the Galactic center (GC), with a width of about 40 in longitude. The gamma-ray …

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 …

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 …

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

V Ramakrishnan, T Savolainen… - Astrophysical Journal …, 2022 - research.aalto.fi
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 …