A Recipe for Growing Black Holes in Small Galaxies
How common are growing black holes in small galaxies? Today’s paper presents a model to predict the fraction of dwarf galaxies with an active black hole at its center.
Mergers and AGN go hand-in-hand…or do they??
The authors of today’s paper dig deep into the debate of whether galaxy mergers are major players in triggering AGN at intermediate redshifts.
Shine On You Crazy Outflow!
Exploring the Dynamics of AGN Outflows
Paradise for Life by the AGN Light
Supermassive black holes have a really nasty reputation for rendering galaxies uninhabitable, but this perception may be misguided. It’s possible that the radiation these vast beasts release while feasting could bring forth a bounty for life as we know it. Could organisms subsist on the light of an AGN sun?
Blazing Hot DOGs at the Cosmic BBQ
Blazing Hot DOGs, in MY early Universe? It’s more likely than you think…Find out what happens at this particularly turbulent BBQ!
UR: Analysis of a Sample of High Redshift, High Luminosity FeLoBAL Quasars
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover Julianna Voelker’s research on the role of quasars in galaxy evolution.