RECONCILING AGN-STAR FORMATION, THE SOLTAN ARGUMENT, AND MEIER’S PARADOX
- Department of Physics, Kennesaw State University, Marietta GA, 30060 (United States)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University, Northridge CA, 91330 (United States)
- Department of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, 30332 (United States)
- Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, MS, 39762 (United States)
- Department of Physics, Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta GA, 30060 (United States)
We provide a theoretical context for understanding the recent work of Kalfountzou et al. showing that star formation is enhanced at lower optical luminosity in radio-loud quasars. Our proposal for coupling the assumption of collimated FRII quasar-jet-induced star formation with lower accretion optical luminosity also explains the observed jet power peak in active galaxies at higher redshift compared to the peak in accretion power, doing so in a way that predicts the existence of a family of radio-quiet active galactic nuclei associated with rapidly spinning supermassive black holes at low redshift, as mounting observations suggest. The relevance of this work lies in its promise to explain the observed cosmological evolution of accretion power, jet power, and star formation in a way that is both compatible with the Soltan argument and resolves the so-called “Meier Paradox.”.
- OSTI ID:
- 22521611
- Journal Information:
- Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 817, Issue 2; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0004-637X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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