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The suppression of star formation by powerful active galactic nuclei

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  • M. J. Page

    (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK)

  • M. Symeonidis

    (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK)

  • J. D. Vieira

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • B. Altieri

    (Herschel Science Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain)

  • A. Amblard

    (NASA, Ames Research Center)

  • V. Arumugam

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • H. Aussel

    (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM/Irfu – CNRS – Université Paris Diderot, CE-Saclay, pt courrier 131, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • T. Babbedge

    (Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

  • A. Blain

    (University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK)

  • J. Bock

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive)

  • A. Boselli

    (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, OAMP, Université Aix-Marseille, CNRS, 38 rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 13388 Marseille cedex 13, France)

  • V. Buat

    (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, OAMP, Université Aix-Marseille, CNRS, 38 rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 13388 Marseille cedex 13, France)

  • N. Castro-Rodríguez

    (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
    Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain)

  • A. Cava

    (Facultad de CC Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain)

  • P. Chanial

    (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM/Irfu – CNRS – Université Paris Diderot, CE-Saclay, pt courrier 131, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • D. L. Clements

    (Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

  • A. Conley

    (Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy 389-UCB, University of Colorado)

  • L. Conversi

    (Herschel Science Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain)

  • A. Cooray

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    University of California)

  • C. D. Dowell

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive)

  • E. N. Dubois

    (Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK)

  • J. S. Dunlop

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • E. Dwek

    (Observational Cosmology Laboratory, Code 665, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

  • S. Dye

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK)

  • S. Eales

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • D. Elbaz

    (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM/Irfu – CNRS – Université Paris Diderot, CE-Saclay, pt courrier 131, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • D. Farrah

    (Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK)

  • M. Fox

    (Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

  • A. Franceschini

    (Università di Padova, vicolo Osservatorio, 3, 35122 Padova, Italy)

  • W. Gear

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • J. Glenn

    (Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy 389-UCB, University of Colorado
    CASA 389-UCB, University of Colorado)

  • M. Griffin

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • M. Halpern

    (University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada)

  • E. Hatziminaoglou

    (ESO, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany)

  • E. Ibar

    (UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • K. Isaak

    (European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Keplerlaan 1, 2201 AZ, Noordwijk, The Netherlands)

  • R. J. Ivison

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK
    UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • G. Lagache

    (Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), bâtiment 121, Université Paris-Sud 11 and CNRS (UMR 8617), 91405 Orsay, France)

  • L. Levenson

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive)

  • N. Lu

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, MS 100-22, California Institute of Technology, JPL)

  • S. Madden

    (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM/Irfu – CNRS – Université Paris Diderot, CE-Saclay, pt courrier 131, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • B. Maffei

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Alan Turing Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)

  • G. Mainetti

    (Università di Padova, vicolo Osservatorio, 3, 35122 Padova, Italy)

  • L. Marchetti

    (Università di Padova, vicolo Osservatorio, 3, 35122 Padova, Italy)

  • H. T. Nguyen

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive)

  • B. O’Halloran

    (Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

  • S. J. Oliver

    (Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK)

  • A. Omont

    (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, UMR 7095, CNRS, UPMC Université Paris 06, 98 bis boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris, France)

  • P. Panuzzo

    (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM/Irfu – CNRS – Université Paris Diderot, CE-Saclay, pt courrier 131, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • A. Papageorgiou

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • C. P. Pearson

    (RAL Space, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
    Institute for Space Imaging Science, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada)

  • I. Pérez-Fournon

    (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
    Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain)

  • M. Pohlen

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, The Parade, Cardiff CF24 3AA, UK)

  • J. I. Rawlings

    (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK)

  • D. Rigopoulou

    (RAL Space, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
    Denys Wilkinson Building, University of Oxford, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK)

  • L. Riguccini

    (Laboratoire AIM-Paris-Saclay, CEA/DSM/Irfu – CNRS – Université Paris Diderot, CE-Saclay, pt courrier 131, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France)

  • D. Rizzo

    (Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

  • G. Rodighiero

    (Università di Padova, vicolo Osservatorio, 3, 35122 Padova, Italy)

  • I. G. Roseboom

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK
    Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK)

  • M. Rowan-Robinson

    (Astrophysics Group, Imperial College London, Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK)

  • M. Sánchez Portal

    (Herschel Science Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain)

  • B. Schulz

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, MS 100-22, California Institute of Technology, JPL)

  • D. Scott

    (University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada)

  • N. Seymour

    (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
    CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, PO Box 76, Epping, New South Wales 1710, Australia)

  • D. L. Shupe

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, MS 100-22, California Institute of Technology, JPL)

  • A. J. Smith

    (Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK)

  • J. A. Stevens

    (Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK)

  • M. Trichas

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • K. E. Tugwell

    (Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK)

  • M. Vaccari

    (Università di Padova, vicolo Osservatorio, 3, 35122 Padova, Italy)

  • I. Valtchanov

    (Herschel Science Centre, European Space Astronomy Centre, Villanueva de la Cañada, 28691 Madrid, Spain)

  • M. Viero

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard)

  • L. Vigroux

    (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, UMR 7095, CNRS, UPMC Université Paris 06, 98 bis boulevard Arago, F-75014 Paris, France)

  • L. Wang

    (Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK)

  • R. Ward

    (Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, UK)

  • G. Wright

    (UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, UK)

  • C. K. Xu

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Infrared Processing and Analysis Center, MS 100-22, California Institute of Technology, JPL)

  • M. Zemcov

    (California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive)

Abstract

Observations at submillimetre and X-ray wavelengths show that rapid star formation was common in the host galaxies of active galactic nuclei when the Universe was 2–6 Gyr old, but that the most vigorous star formation is not observed around powerful black holes, thereby confirming a key prediction of models in which an active galactic nucleus expels the interstellar medium of its host galaxy.

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  • M. J. Page & M. Symeonidis & J. D. Vieira & B. Altieri & A. Amblard & V. Arumugam & H. Aussel & T. Babbedge & A. Blain & J. Bock & A. Boselli & V. Buat & N. Castro-Rodríguez & A. Cava & P. Chanial & D, 2012. "The suppression of star formation by powerful active galactic nuclei," Nature, Nature, vol. 485(7397), pages 213-216, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:485:y:2012:i:7397:d:10.1038_nature11096
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11096
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