Aleks Diamond-Stanic (UC San Diego)Probing Black Hole Growth and Star Formation in Active GalaxiesI'll present results regarding black hole accretion rates and star-formation rates in galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei (AGNs). I'll use these results to identify biases in our census of black hole growth, to probe fundamental differences between obscured and unobscured AGNs, and to explore the connection between black hole growth and galaxy evolution. I'll also discuss future prospects for answering the following questions: How is gas transported to the black hole accretion disk? Is there a preferred scale for AGN activity? Is feedback from supermassive black holes a necessary component of galaxy evolution?
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