Suppression of star formation in early-type galaxies by feedback from supermassive black holes

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7105, 2006, Pages 888-891

  Schawinski, Kevin ^a   Khochfar, Sadegh ^a   Kaviraj, Sugata ^a   Yi, Sukyoung K ^b   Boselli, Alessandro ^c   Barlow, Tom ^d   Conrow, Tim ^d   Forster, Karl ^d   Friedman, Peter G ^d   Martin, D Chris ^d   Morrissey, Patrick ^d   Neff, Susan ^e   Schiminovich, David ^f   Seibert, Mark ^d   Small, Todd ^d   Wyder, Ted K ^d   Bianchi, Luciana ^g   Donas, Jose ^c   Heckman, Tim ^g   Lee, Young Wook ^b   Madore, Barry ^h   Milliard, Bruno ^c   Rich, R Michael ⁱ   Szalay, Alex ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f Department of Astronomy Columbia University MC 5246 ^*  (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; FEEDBACK; OBSERVATORIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COLD GAS; STAR FORMATION; SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES; VELOCITY DISPERSION;

GALAXIES;

ASTRONOMY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DISPERSION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EVOLUTION; GAS; HEATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33747868665     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04934     Document Type: Article

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