• DOI:10.1086/505753
Corpus ID: 12849602

Fueling Low-Level AGN Activity through Stochastic Accretion of Cold Gas*

@article{Hernquist2006FuelingLA,
  title={Fueling Low-Level AGN Activity through Stochastic Accretion of Cold Gas*},
  author={Philip F. HopkinsLars Hernquist},
  journal={Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series},
  year={2006},
  volume={166},
  pages={1-36}
}

Philip F. HopkinsLars Hernquist

Published 2006

Physics

Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Using a simple description of feedback from black hole growth, we develop an analytic model for the fueling of Seyferts (low-luminosity active galactic nuclei [AGNs]) and their relation to their host galaxies, Eddington ratio distributions, and cosmological evolution. We derive a solution for the time evolution of accretion rates in a feedback-driven blast wave, applicable to large-scale outflows from bright quasars in galaxy mergers, low-luminosity AGNs, and black holes or neutron stars in… CONTINUE READING

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