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The close environments of accreting massive black holes are shaped by radiative feedback

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  • Claudio Ricci

    (Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy and China-Chile Joint Center for Astronomy
    Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University)

  • Benny Trakhtenbrot

    (Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich)

  • Michael J. Koss

    (Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich
    Eureka Scientific Inc.)

  • Yoshihiro Ueda

    (Kyoto University)

  • Kevin Schawinski

    (Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich)

  • Kyuseok Oh

    (Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich)

  • Isabella Lamperti

    (Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich)

  • Richard Mushotzky

    (University of Maryland)

  • Ezequiel Treister

    (Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

  • Luis C. Ho

    (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
    School of Physics, Peking University)

  • Anna Weigel

    (Institute for Astronomy, ETH Zurich)

  • Franz E. Bauer

    (Instituto de Astrofísica, Facultad de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
    Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut Street, Suite 205
    Millenium Institute of Astrophysics)

  • Stephane Paltani

    (University of Geneva)

  • Andrew C. Fabian

    (Institute of Astronomy)

  • Yanxia Xie

    (Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Peking University
    School of Physics, Peking University)

  • Neil Gehrels

    (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)

Abstract

Radiation pressure on dusty gas is the main physical mechanism that regulates the distribution of the circumnuclear material that obscures many supermassive black holes.

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  • Claudio Ricci & Benny Trakhtenbrot & Michael J. Koss & Yoshihiro Ueda & Kevin Schawinski & Kyuseok Oh & Isabella Lamperti & Richard Mushotzky & Ezequiel Treister & Luis C. Ho & Anna Weigel & Franz E. , 2017. "The close environments of accreting massive black holes are shaped by radiative feedback," Nature, Nature, vol. 549(7673), pages 488-491, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:549:y:2017:i:7673:d:10.1038_nature23906
    DOI: 10.1038/nature23906
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