The old, red stars which constitute the bulges of galaxies, and the massive
black holes at their centres, are the relics of a period in cosmic history when
galaxies formed stars at remarkable rates and active galactic nuclei (AGN)
shone brightly from accretion onto black holes. It is widely suspected, but
unproven, that the tight correlation in mass of the black hole and stellar
components results from the AGN quenching the surrounding star formation as it
approaches its peak luminosity. X-rays trace emission from AGN unambiguously,
while powerful star-forming galaxies are usually dust-obscured and are
brightest at infrared to submillimetre wavelengths. Here we report observations
in the submillimetre and X-ray which show that rapid star formation was common
in the host galaxies of AGN when the Universe was 2-6 Gyrs old, but that the
most vigorous star formation is not observed around black holes above an X-ray
luminosity of 10^44 erg/s. This suppression of star formation in the host
galaxies of powerful AGN is a key prediction of models in which the AGN drives
a powerful outflow, expelling the interstellar medium of its host galaxy and
transforming the galaxy's properties in a brief period of cosmic time.
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[1310.4147] The suppression of star formation by powerful active galactic nuclei
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%1 page2013suppression
%A Page, M. J.
%A Symeonidis, M.
%A Vieira, J. D.
%A Altieri, B.
%A Amblard, A.
%A Arumugam, V.
%A Aussel, H.
%A Babbedge, T.
%A Blain, A.
%A Bock, J.
%A Boselli, A.
%A Buat, V.
%A Castro-Rodr'iguez, N.
%A Cava, A.
%A Chanial, P.
%A Clements, D. L.
%A Conley, A.
%A Conversi, L.
%A Cooray, A.
%A Dowell, C. D.
%A Dubois, E. N.
%A Dunlop, J. S.
%A Dwek, E.
%A Dye, S.
%A Eales, S.
%A Elbaz, D.
%A Farrah, D.
%A Fox, M.
%A Franceschini, A.
%A Gear, W.
%A Glenn, J.
%A Griffin, M.
%A Halpern, M.
%A Hatziminaoglou, E.
%A Ibar, E.
%A Isaak, K.
%A Ivison, R. J.
%A Lagache, G.
%A Levenson, L.
%A Lu, N.
%A Madden, S.
%A Maffei, B.
%A Mainetti, G.
%A Marchetti, L.
%A Nguyen, H. T.
%A O'Halloran, B.
%A Oliver, S. J.
%A Omont, A.
%A Panuzzo, P.
%A Papageorgiou, A.
%A Pearson, C. P.
%A Perez-Fournon, I.
%A Pohlen, M.
%A Rawlings, J. I.
%A Rigopoulou, D.
%A Riguccini, L.
%A Rizzo, D.
%A Rodighiero, G.
%A Roseboom, I. G.
%A Rowan-Robinson, M.
%A Portal, M. Sanchez
%A Schulz, B.
%A Scott, Douglas
%A Seymour, N.
%A Shupe, D. L.
%A Smith, A. J.
%A Stevens, J. A.
%A Trichas, M.
%A Tugwell, K. E.
%A Vaccari, M.
%A Valtchanov, I.
%A Viero, M.
%A Vigroux, L.
%A Wang, L.
%A Ward, R.
%A Wright, G.
%A Xu, C. K.
%A Zemcov, M.
%D 2013
%K agn feedback xrays
%R 10.1038/nature11096
%T The suppression of star formation by powerful active galactic nuclei
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4147
%X The old, red stars which constitute the bulges of galaxies, and the massive
black holes at their centres, are the relics of a period in cosmic history when
galaxies formed stars at remarkable rates and active galactic nuclei (AGN)
shone brightly from accretion onto black holes. It is widely suspected, but
unproven, that the tight correlation in mass of the black hole and stellar
components results from the AGN quenching the surrounding star formation as it
approaches its peak luminosity. X-rays trace emission from AGN unambiguously,
while powerful star-forming galaxies are usually dust-obscured and are
brightest at infrared to submillimetre wavelengths. Here we report observations
in the submillimetre and X-ray which show that rapid star formation was common
in the host galaxies of AGN when the Universe was 2-6 Gyrs old, but that the
most vigorous star formation is not observed around black holes above an X-ray
luminosity of 10^44 erg/s. This suppression of star formation in the host
galaxies of powerful AGN is a key prediction of models in which the AGN drives
a powerful outflow, expelling the interstellar medium of its host galaxy and
transforming the galaxy's properties in a brief period of cosmic time.
@misc{page2013suppression,
abstract = {The old, red stars which constitute the bulges of galaxies, and the massive
black holes at their centres, are the relics of a period in cosmic history when
galaxies formed stars at remarkable rates and active galactic nuclei (AGN)
shone brightly from accretion onto black holes. It is widely suspected, but
unproven, that the tight correlation in mass of the black hole and stellar
components results from the AGN quenching the surrounding star formation as it
approaches its peak luminosity. X-rays trace emission from AGN unambiguously,
while powerful star-forming galaxies are usually dust-obscured and are
brightest at infrared to submillimetre wavelengths. Here we report observations
in the submillimetre and X-ray which show that rapid star formation was common
in the host galaxies of AGN when the Universe was 2-6 Gyrs old, but that the
most vigorous star formation is not observed around black holes above an X-ray
luminosity of 10^44 erg/s. This suppression of star formation in the host
galaxies of powerful AGN is a key prediction of models in which the AGN drives
a powerful outflow, expelling the interstellar medium of its host galaxy and
transforming the galaxy's properties in a brief period of cosmic time.},
added-at = {2013-10-16T17:12:20.000+0200},
author = {Page, M. J. and Symeonidis, M. and Vieira, J. D. and Altieri, B. and Amblard, A. and Arumugam, V. and Aussel, H. and Babbedge, T. and Blain, A. and Bock, J. and Boselli, A. and Buat, V. and Castro-Rodr'iguez, N. and Cava, A. and Chanial, P. and Clements, D. L. and Conley, A. and Conversi, L. and Cooray, A. and Dowell, C. D. and Dubois, E. N. and Dunlop, J. S. and Dwek, E. and Dye, S. and Eales, S. and Elbaz, D. and Farrah, D. and Fox, M. and Franceschini, A. and Gear, W. and Glenn, J. and Griffin, M. and Halpern, M. and Hatziminaoglou, E. and Ibar, E. and Isaak, K. and Ivison, R. J. and Lagache, G. and Levenson, L. and Lu, N. and Madden, S. and Maffei, B. and Mainetti, G. and Marchetti, L. and Nguyen, H. T. and O'Halloran, B. and Oliver, S. J. and Omont, A. and Panuzzo, P. and Papageorgiou, A. and Pearson, C. P. and Perez-Fournon, I. and Pohlen, M. and Rawlings, J. I. and Rigopoulou, D. and Riguccini, L. and Rizzo, D. and Rodighiero, G. and Roseboom, I. G. and Rowan-Robinson, M. and Portal, M. Sanchez and Schulz, B. and Scott, Douglas and Seymour, N. and Shupe, D. L. and Smith, A. J. and Stevens, J. A. and Trichas, M. and Tugwell, K. E. and Vaccari, M. and Valtchanov, I. and Viero, M. and Vigroux, L. and Wang, L. and Ward, R. and Wright, G. and Xu, C. K. and Zemcov, M.},
biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/28aefe337c3eb72b10a4ba9e299fe89d5/miki},
description = {[1310.4147] The suppression of star formation by powerful active galactic nuclei},
doi = {10.1038/nature11096},
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intrahash = {8aefe337c3eb72b10a4ba9e299fe89d5},
keywords = {agn feedback xrays},
note = {cite arxiv:1310.4147Comment: Published in Nature, May 2012. Includes supplementary information},
timestamp = {2013-10-16T17:12:20.000+0200},
title = {The suppression of star formation by powerful active galactic nuclei},
url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4147},
year = 2013
}