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Alignment of Stellar and AGN Accretion Disks from SDSS Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Claudia del P. Lagos ,
Nelson D. Padilla ,
Michael A. Strauss  and
Lei Hao
Claudia del P. Lagos
Affiliation:
Institute for Computational Cosmology, Department of Physics, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK Email: c.d.p.lagos@durham.ac.uk
Nelson D. Padilla
Affiliation:
Departamento Astronomía y Astrofísica, Universidad Católica de Chile, Av Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Santiago, Chile
Michael A. Strauss
Affiliation:
Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
Lei Hao
Affiliation:
McDonald Observatory, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Lagos, Padilla & Cora (2009) show that if alignments between the galaxy kinematics and the AGN system were to occur, massive galaxies should host BHs with high spin values, regardless of the detailed physics of the BH. Since the BH spin regulates the mass-to-energy conversion (Marconi et al. 2004) and possibly the existence of radio jets (Sikora et al. 2007), this study has a strong impact in our understanding of galaxy formation.

Keywords

galaxies: activegalaxies: ellipticalgalaxies: spiral
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 115
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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