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American Astronomical Society, Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 4(8), p. 105, 2024

DOI: 10.3847/2515-5172/ad3fb8

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The Host Galaxy of a Dormant, Overmassive Black Hole at z = 6.7 may be Restarting Star Formation

Journal article published in 2024 by Fabio Pacucci ORCID, Abraham Loeb ORCID, Ignas Juodžbalis ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Abstract JWST is discovering a large population of z > 4 supermassive black holes (SMBHs) that are overmassive with respect to the stellar content of their hosts. A previous study developed a physical model to interpret this overmassive population as the result of quasar feedback acting on a compact host galaxy. In this Note, we apply this model to JADES GN 1146115, a dormant SMBH at z = 6.7 whose mass is ∼40% of the host’s mass in stars and accreting at ∼2% of the Eddington limit. The host has been forming stars at the low rate of ∼1 M yr−1 for the past ∼100 Myr. Our model suggests that this galactic system is on the verge of a resurgence of global star formation activity. This transition comes after a period of domination by the effect of its overmassive black hole, whose duration is comparable to typical quasar lifetimes.