Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Morphology

Macchetto, F. D.

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F. D. Macchetto⁵

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This review addresses one of the important topics of current astrophysical research, namely the role that supermassive black holes play in shaping the morphology of their host galaxies. There is increasing evidence for the presence of massive black holes at the centers of all galaxies and many efforts are directed at understanding the processes that lead to their formation, the duty cycle for the active phase and the question of the fueling mechanism. Related issues are the epoch of formation of the supermassive black holes, their time evolution and growth and the role they play in the early ionization of the Universe. Considerable observational and theoretical work has been carried out in this field over the last few years and I will review some of the recent key areas of progress.

On assignment from the Astrophysics Division, Space Science Depatment of the Europcan Spacc Agcncy

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Macchetto, F.D. (2000). Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Morphology. In: Block, D.L., Puerari, I., Stockton, A., Ferreira, D. (eds) Toward a New Millennium in Galaxy Morphology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4114-7_20

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