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Joint Formation of Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxies

Martin G. Haehnelt

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0307378

Abstract

The tight correlation between black hole mass and velocity dispersion of galactic bulges is strong evidence that the formation of galaxies and supermassive black holes are closely linked. I review the modeling of the joint formation of galaxies and their central supermassive black holes in the context of the hierarchical structure formation paradigm.

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