Black Holes, Feedback, and Structure Formation in the Universe
by
Mitchell Begelman(JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder)
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Europe/Stockholm
Description
Progress in cosmology has led to a much greater understanding of how
galaxies, and clusters of galaxies, formed. But until recently there
were major dicrepancies between observations and theoretical
predictions.
It now seems that the missing link in the galaxy formation
process has been identified - it is the energy liberated by the growth
of massive black holes.
I will discuss the evidence pointing to a
connection between black hole growth and galaxy formation, and describe
recent progress in understanding how "cosmic feedback" works.
