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Can Galactic Nuclei Activity be Explained by Globular Cluster Mass Accretion?

Roberto Capuzzo-Dolcetta

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9612100

Abstract

Globular clusters can decay to the center of their mother galaxy carrying a quantity of mass sufficient to sustain the gravitational activity of a small pre-existing nucleus and to accrete it in a significant way. The AGN luminosity and lifetime depend on the characteristics of the globular cluster system and it is quite insensitive to the nucleus' initial mass.

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