Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-07-24
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
3 pages, 4 figures, in `From Planets to Dark Energy: The Modern Radio Universe', 1-5 October 2007, The University of Mancheste
Scientific paper
A picture has emerged connecting QSOs with Sub-Millimetre Galaxies (SMGs) through an evolutionary sequence in which forming galaxies are initially FIR-luminous but X-ray weak, similar to known SMGs. As the black hole and spheroid grow with time, the central QSO becomes powerful enough to terminate star formation and eject much of the fuel supply. The unobscured QSO activity subsequently declines to leave a quiescent spheroidal galaxy. Here I describe parallel investigations of space density, one for a sample of radio-loud QSOs (RQSOs), and a second for SMGs. Each class shows both cosmic down-sizing and a redshift cutoff. The coincidence in apparent epoch of creation is marked; if it does not prove a causal connection, it is at least circumstantial evidence that the foregoing sequence is correct.
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