Observational constraints on the feeding of supermassive black holes

T Storchi-Bergmann, A Schnorr-Müller - Nature Astronomy, 2019 - nature.com
Supermassive black holes grow at the centre of galaxies in consonance with them. In this
Review Article, we discuss the mass-feeding mechanisms that lead to this growth in active …

Galaxy interactions trigger rapid black hole growth: An unprecedented view from the Hyper Suprime-Cam survey

AD Goulding, JE Greene, R Bezanson… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Collisions and interactions between gas-rich galaxies are thought to be pivotal stages in
their formation and evolution, causing the rapid production of new stars, and possibly …

Cosmological simulations of quasar fueling to subparsec scales using lagrangian hyper-refinement

D Anglés-Alcázar, E Quataert, PF Hopkins… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present cosmological hydrodynamic simulations of a quasar-mass halo (M halo≈ 10
12.5 M⊙ at z= 2) that for the first time resolve gas transport down to the inner 0.1 pc …

The dependence of bar frequency on galaxy mass, colour, and gas content–and angular resolution–in the local universe

P Erwin - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018 - academic.oup.com
I use distance-and mass-limited subsamples of the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in
Galaxies (S4G) to investigate how the presence of bars in spiral galaxies depends on mass …

Galaxy Zoo: secular evolution of barred galaxies from structural decomposition of multiband images

SJ Kruk, CJ Lintott, SP Bamford… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present the results of two-component (disc+ bar) and three-component (disc+ bar+
bulge) multiwavelength 2D photometric decompositions of barred galaxies in five Sloan …

Major mergers are not the dominant trigger for high-accretion AGNs at z∼ 2

V Marian, K Jahnke, M Mechtley, S Cohen… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Research over the past decade has shown diminishing evidence for major galaxy mergers
being a dominant mechanism for the growth of supermassive black holes (BHs) in galaxies …

Barred galaxies in the IllustrisTNG Simulation

D Zhao, M Du, LC Ho, VP Debattista… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Almost two-thirds of disk galaxies in the local universe host bars, which serve as important
drivers of secular evolutionary processes. While cosmological simulations are powerful tools …

Gas content regulates the life cycle of star formation and black hole accretion in galaxies

HM Yesuf, LC Ho - The Astrophysical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is expected to impact the amount of cold gas in
galaxies by driving strong galactic winds, by preventing external gas inflows, or by changing …

Evident black hole-bulge coevolution in the distant universe

G Yang, WN Brandt, DM Alexander… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Observations in the local universe show a tight correlation between the masses of
supermassive black holes (SMBHs; M BH) and host-galaxy bulges (M bulge), suggesting a …

The effects of AGN feedback on the structural and dynamical properties of Milky Way-mass galaxies in cosmological simulations

D Irodotou, F Fragkoudi, R Pakmor… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGNs) has become established as a fundamental
process in the evolution of the most massive galaxies. Its impact on Milky Way (MW)-mass …