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Black Hole Growth and Host Galaxy Morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Kevin Schawinski ,
C. Megan Urry ,
Shanil Virani ,
Paolo Coppi ,
Steven P. Bamford ,
Ezequiel Treister ,
Chris J. Lintott ,
Marc Sarzi ,
William C. Keel  and
Sugata Kaviraj
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Kevin Schawinski
Affiliation:
Einstein/Chandra Fellow Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208121, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
C. Megan Urry
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208121, New Haven, CT 06520, USA Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Shanil Virani
Affiliation:
Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208121, New Haven, CT 06520, USA Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Paolo Coppi
Affiliation:
Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208121, New Haven, CT 06520, USA Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Steven P. Bamford
Affiliation:
Centre for Astronomy and Particle Theory, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Ezequiel Treister
Affiliation:
Einstein/Chandra Fellow Institute for Astronomy, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Chris J. Lintott
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK
Marc Sarzi
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9AB, UK
William C. Keel
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, 206 Gallalee Hall, 514 University Blvd., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0324, USA
Sugata Kaviraj
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, UK Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Carolin N. Cardamone
Affiliation:
Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University, P.O. Box 208121, New Haven, CT 06520, USA Department of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA
Karen L. Masters
Affiliation:
Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Mercantile House, Hampshire Terrace, Portsmouth, PO1 2EG, UK
Nicholas P. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525 Davey Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
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Abstract

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We use data from large surveys of the local universe (SDSS+Galaxy Zoo) to show that the galaxy–black hole connection is linked to host morphology at a fundamental level. The fraction of early-type galaxies with actively growing black holes, and therefore the AGN duty cycle, declines significantly with increasing black hole mass. Late-type galaxies exhibit the opposite trend: the fraction of actively growing black holes increases with black hole mass.

Keywords

galaxies: evolutiongalaxies: Seyfertgalaxies: active
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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. 438 - 441
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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