Suppressing star formation in quiescent galaxies with supermassive black hole winds

Edmond Cheung (), Kevin Bundy, Michele Cappellari, Sébastien Peirani, Wiphu Rujopakarn, Kyle Westfall, Renbin Yan, Matthew Bershady, Jenny E. Greene, Timothy M. Heckman, Niv Drory, David R. Law, Karen L. Masters, Daniel Thomas, David A. Wake, Anne-Marie Weijmans, Kate Rubin, Francesco Belfiore, Benedetta Vulcani, Yan-mei Chen, Kai Zhang, Joseph D. Gelfand, Dmitry Bizyaev, A. Roman-Lopes and Donald P. Schneider
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Edmond Cheung: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (World Premier International Research Center Initiative), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo
Kevin Bundy: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (World Premier International Research Center Initiative), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo
Michele Cappellari: University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building
Sébastien Peirani: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (World Premier International Research Center Initiative), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo
Wiphu Rujopakarn: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (World Premier International Research Center Initiative), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo
Kyle Westfall: Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building
Renbin Yan: University of Kentucky
Matthew Bershady: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jenny E. Greene: Princeton University
Timothy M. Heckman: Center for Astrophysical Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University
Niv Drory: McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin
David R. Law: Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive
Karen L. Masters: Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building
Daniel Thomas: Institute for Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building
David A. Wake: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Anne-Marie Weijmans: School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews
Kate Rubin: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Francesco Belfiore: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge
Benedetta Vulcani: Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (World Premier International Research Center Initiative), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study, The University of Tokyo
Yan-mei Chen: Nanjing University
Kai Zhang: University of Kentucky
Joseph D. Gelfand: New York University Abu Dhabi
Dmitry Bizyaev: Apache Point Observatory and New Mexico State University
A. Roman-Lopes: Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Serena
Donald P. Schneider: The Pennsylvania State University

Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7604, 504-508

Abstract: In order for quiescent galaxies to maintain their low-to-non-existent star formation, there must be a mechanism to remove or heat gas that would otherwise cool to form stars; now supermassive black hole winds that are sufficient to suppress star formation in such galaxies are reported.

Date: 2016
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