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On minor black holes in galactic nuclei
Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Tahir Yaqoob +1
Small and intermediate mass black holes should be expected in galactic nuclei as a result of stellar evolution, minor mergers and gravitational dynamical friction. If these minor b…
A new delivery route to Galactic Nuclei: Warm halo cloud impacts
Barry McKernan, Ari Maller, K. E. Saavik Ford
We propose a new mechanism for the delivery of gas to the heart of galactic nuclei. We show that warm halo clouds must periodically impact galactic centers and potentially deliver…
Black Hole Mass, Host galaxy classification and AGN activity
Barry McKernan, K. E. Saavik Ford, Chris Reynolds
We investigate the role of host galaxy classification and black hole mass in a heterogeneous sample of 276 mostly nearby (z<0.1) X-ray and IR selected AGN. Around 90% of Seyfert 1…