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Time lags between starburst and AGN activity in galaxy mergers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2014

M. Blank  and
W. J. Duschl
M. Blank*
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
W. J. Duschl*
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
*
3[email protected]
4[email protected]
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Abstract

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We show that the observed time lag between starburst and AGN activity can be explained by a viscous time lag the gas needs to flow through the AGN's accretion disk before reaching the central black hole. Our calculations reproduce the observed time lag and are in agreement with the observed correlation between black hole mass and stellar velocity dispersion.

Keywords

galaxies: active — galaxies: interactions — galaxies: nuclei — galaxies: starburst
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Symposium S303: The Galactic Center: Feeding and Feedback in a Normal Galactic Nucleus , October 2013 , pp. 379 - 381
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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