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Galaxy Zoo: Are bars responsible for the feeding of active galactic nuclei at 0.2

Cheung, Edmond ; Trump, Jonathan R. ; Athanassoula, E. ; Bamford, Steven P. ; Bell, Eric F. ; Bosma, A. ; Cardamone, Carolin N. ; Casteels, Kevin R. V. ; Faber, S. M. ; Fang, Jerome J. ; Fortson, Lucy F. ; Kocevski, Dale D. ; Koo, David C. ; Laine, Seppo ; Lintott, Chris ; Masters, Karen L. ; Melvin, Thomas ; Nichol, Robert C. ; Schawinski, Kevin ; Simmons, Brooke ; Smethurst, Rebecca ; Willett, Kyle W.

In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014, vol. 447, no. 1, p. 506-516

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    Title
    • Galaxy Zoo: Are bars responsible for the feeding of active galactic nuclei at 0.2
    Author
    • Cheung, Edmond. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1156 High Street, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    • Trump, Jonathan R.. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525 Davey Lab, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
    • Athanassoula, E.. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) UMR 7326, F-13388 Marseille, France
    • Bamford, Steven P.. School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
    • Bell, Eric F.. Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 500 Church St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
    • Bosma, A.. Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, LAM (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille) UMR 7326, F-13388 Marseille, France
    • Cardamone, Carolin N.. The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University, Box 1912, 96 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    • Casteels, Kevin R. V.. Institut de Cincies del Cosmos. Universitat de Barcelona (UB-IEEC), Mart i Franqus 1, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
    • Faber, S. M.. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1156 High Street, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    • Fang, Jerome J.. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1156 High Street, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    • Fortson, Lucy F.. Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, MN 55455, USA
    • Kocevski, Dale D.. Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, MN 55455, USA
    • Koo, David C.. Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1156 High Street, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
    • Laine, Seppo. Spitzer Science Center, MS 314-6, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
    • Lintott, Chris. Oxford Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
    • Masters, Karen L.. Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, UK
    • Melvin, Thomas. Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, UK
    • Nichol, Robert C.. Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation, University of Portsmouth, Dennis Sciama Building, Portsmouth PO1 3FX, UK
    • Schawinski, Kevin. Institute for Astronomy, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
    • Simmons, Brooke. Oxford Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
    • Smethurst, Rebecca. Oxford Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK
    • Willett, Kyle W.. Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, MN 55455, USA
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014, vol. 447, no. 1, p. 506-516. Oxford University Press
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    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:299356
    Summary
    We present a new study investigating whether active galactic nuclei (AGN) beyond the local universe are preferentially fed via large-scale bars. Our investigation combines data from Chandra and Galaxy Zoo: Hubble (GZH) in the AEGIS (All-wavelength Extended Groth strip International Survey), COSMOS (Cosmological Evolution Survey), and (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey-South) GOODS-S surveys to create samples of face-on, disc galaxies at 0.21, our findings suggest that large-scale bars have likely never directly been a dominant fuelling mechanism for supermassive black hole growth