Reconciling AGN-star formation, the Soltan argument, and Meier's paradox

Abstract

We provide a theoretical context for understanding the recent work of Kalfountzou et al (2014) 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 AGN 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'.

34 pages, 4 figures, accepted in ApJ

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