Star Formation Near Supermassive Black Holes
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Supermassive black hole accretion and star formation appear intimately connected. I review the observational and theoretical evidence for this statement. I then discuss how focussed studies of two systems, our Galactic Center and the nucleus of M87, can help to improve our understanding of these processes.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0610866,
title = {Star Formation Near Supermassive Black Holes},
author = {Jonathan C. Tan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0610866},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
To appear in proceedings of "First Light Science with the GTC", eds. R. Guzman, C. Packham, & J.M. Rodriguez-Espinoza