Mergers and binary systems of SMBH in the contexts of nuclear activity and galaxy evolution

dc.creatorLobanov, A. P.
dc.date2004-12-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:16:19Z
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dc.descriptionThe dynamic evolution of binary systems of supermassive black holes (SMBH) may be a key factor affecting a large fraction of the observed properties of active galactic nuclei (AGN) and galaxy evolution. Different classes of AGN can be related in general to four evolutionary stages in a binary SMBH: 1) early merger stage; 2) wide pair stage; 3) close pair stage; and 4) pre-coalescence stage. This scheme can explain a variety of properties of AGN: radio and optical luminosity differences between different classes of AGN, long-term and short-term variability, quasi-periodic nuclear flares, recurrent formation of relativistic outflows in AGN and their apparent morphology and kinematics.
dc.description2 pages, no figures; to be published in Proceedings of the Conference "Growing Black Holes", Garching, Germany June 21-25, 2004, edited by A.Merloni, S.Nayakshin, R.Sunyaev (Springer-Verlag series of ESO Astrophysics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412416
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0412416
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/8741
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleMergers and binary systems of SMBH in the contexts of nuclear activity and galaxy evolution
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