FEEDING THE BEAST. “Another matter of vigorous debate is the process or processes that trigger and regulate accretion on to the central SMBH. As noted above, the most luminous observed quasars require accretion rates such that ∼10(8)–10(9) M⊙ of gas must be funnelled on to the BH over a time-scale of <10(8.5) yr, i.e. nearly the whole gas content of a good-sized galaxy must be fed on to the BH in roughly a dynamical time.” (BH = black hole; SMBH = supermassive black hole; (M⊙ = solar mass).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022