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On the Relationship between Galaxy Formation and Quasar Evolution

Alberto Franceschini·Guenther Hasinger·Takamitsu Miyaji·Diego Malquori
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We compare the evolution with cosmic time of the star-formation rate per comoving volume in galaxies and of the volume emissivity by Active Galactic Nuclei, as a clue to understand the relationship between black hole accretion and the formation of the surrounding structure. We find an interesting similarity between the evolution rates for the total populations of galaxies and AGNs, which indicates that, on average, the history of BH accretion tracks that of stellar formation in the hosting galaxies. Similarly, the evolution of luminous quasars parallels that of the stellar populations in massive spheroidal galaxies, in keeping with the locally established association of supermassive BHs and galactic bulges. We finally comment on our finding that high-luminosity, high-mass systems evolve on a faster cosmic timescale than the lower mass ones: to explain this, the theories of structure formation based on the gravitational collapse of dark matter halos have to be complemented with a detailed description of the dynamical processes in the baryonic component, which dominate the formation and evolution in high-density environments.

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Alberto Franceschini, Guenther Hasinger, Takamitsu Miyaji, Diego Malquori. 1999-09-16. On the Relationship between Galaxy Formation and Quasar Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.03078.x

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