Cosmological evolution of the AGN kinetic luminosity function
Abstract
We present a first attempt to derive the cosmological evolution of the kinetic luminosity function of AGN based on the joint evolution of the flat spectrum radio and hard X-ray selected AGN luminosity functions. An empirical correlation between jet power and radio core luminosity is found, which is consistent with the theoretical assumption that, below a certain Eddington ratio, SMBH accrete in a radiatively inefficient way, while most of the energy output is in the form of kinetic energy.
- Publication:
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Black Holes from Stars to Galaxies -- Across the Range of Masses
- Pub Date:
- April 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S174392130700470X
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0611202
- Bibcode:
- 2007IAUS..238...65M
- Keywords:
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- black hole physics;
- galaxies: active;
- galaxies: jets;
- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 2 color figures. Proc. of the IAU symposium No. 238 "Black holes: from stars to galaxies - across the range of masses", Prague, Aug. 2006. V. Karas &