Quasars from galaxy collisions with naked black holes

Masataka Fukugita, Edwin L. Turner

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

10 Scopus citations

Abstract

Motivated by a set of new Hubble Space Telescope observations by Bahcall and collaborators, we propose that the universe contains a substantial independent population of supermassive black holes and that QSOs are a phenomenon that occurs when they collide with galaxies or gas clouds in the intergalactic medium. We argue that this new model is not in conflict with any available constraints and would also naturally explain one puzzle for the conventional model, the very rapid QSO population decline toward low redshift. The hypothesis therefore bears further investigation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)L81-L84
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume460
Issue number2 PART II
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

  • Black hole physics
  • Cosmology: theory
  • Quasars: general

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Quasars from galaxy collisions with naked black holes'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this