Which came first: supermassive black holes or galaxies? Insights from JWST
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| author | Silk, Joseph Begelman, Mitchell Norman, Colin Nusser, Adi Wyse, Rosemary |
| author_facet | Silk, Joseph Begelman, Mitchell Norman, Colin Nusser, Adi Wyse, Rosemary |
| contents | Insights from JWST observations suggest that AGN feedback evolved from a short-lived, high redshift phase in which radiatively cooled turbulence and/or momentum-conserving outflows stimulated vigorous early star formation (``positive'' feedback), to late, energy-conserving outflows that depleted halo gas reservoirs and quenched star formation. The transition between these two regimes occurred at $z\sim 6$, independently of galaxy mass, for simple assumptions about the outflows and star formation process. Observational predictions provide circumstantial evidence for the prevalence of massive black holes at the highest redshifts hitherto observed, and we discuss their origins. |
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| spellingShingle | Which came first: supermassive black holes or galaxies? Insights from JWST Silk, Joseph Begelman, Mitchell Norman, Colin Nusser, Adi Wyse, Rosemary Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Physics - Theory Insights from JWST observations suggest that AGN feedback evolved from a short-lived, high redshift phase in which radiatively cooled turbulence and/or momentum-conserving outflows stimulated vigorous early star formation (``positive'' feedback), to late, energy-conserving outflows that depleted halo gas reservoirs and quenched star formation. The transition between these two regimes occurred at $z\sim 6$, independently of galaxy mass, for simple assumptions about the outflows and star formation process. Observational predictions provide circumstantial evidence for the prevalence of massive black holes at the highest redshifts hitherto observed, and we discuss their origins. |
| title | Which came first: supermassive black holes or galaxies? Insights from JWST |
| topic | Astrophysics of Galaxies High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02482 |