Simple relations from complex outflows: How the $M-\sigma$ relation emerges in a multi-phase environment

Matas Tartėnas, Kastytis Zubovas, Eimantas Skuodas

The tight empirical $M-\sigma$ relation between the mass of a SMBH) and the velocity dispersion of the host galaxy bulge is often interpreted as the result of self-regulation by AGN fee…