BLACK HOLE GROWTH. “Mergers appear to be a physically well-motivated candidate for producing this dramatic effect, and semi-empirical calculations have shown that there is a statistical consistency between the observed merger rate and the observed AGN duty cycle and luminosity function (LF), suggesting that it is at least possible that these processes are causally linked.” (AGN = active galactic nuclei).
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022