Spatially offset black holes in the Horizon-AGN simulation and comparison to observations

We study the displacements between the centres of galaxies and their supermassive black holes (BHs) in the cosmological hydrodynamical simulation Horizon-AGN, and in a variety of observations from the literature. The BHs in Horizon-AGN feel a subgrid dynamical friction force, sourced by the surround...

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Main Authors: Bartlett, DJ, Desmond, H, Devriendt, J, Ferreira, PG, Slyz, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2020