THE SUDDEN DEATH OF THE NEAREST QUASAR

Galaxy formation is significantly modulated by energy output from supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies which grow in highly efficient luminous quasar phases. The timescale on which black holes transition into and out of such phases is, however, unknown. We present the first measuremen...

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Main Authors: Schawinski, Kevin (Author), Evans, Daniel A. (Contributor), Virani, Shanil (Author), Urry, C. Megan (Author), Keel, William C. (Author), Natarajan, Priyamvada (Author), Lintott, Chris J. (Author), Manning, Anna (Author), Coppi, Paolo (Author), Kaviraj, Sugata (Author), Bamford, Steven P. (Author), Józsa, Gyula I. G. (Author), Garrett, Michael (Author), van Arkel, Hanny (Author), Gay, Pamela L. (Author), Fortson, Lucy (Author)
Other Authors: MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2015-02-26T20:25:09Z.
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