Scientists and experts have long suspected that supermassive black holes affect the formation of galaxies in some ways. Also, that is an idea that makes sense as we will see below. A new study published this week in The Astrophysical Journal notes. In which the experts may have found the clues behind that possible link between supermassive black holes and the formation of galaxies.
The formation of galaxies could be controlled by supermassive black holes
The study was led by Shelley Wright, a professor of physics at the University of California at San Diego. Also, thanks to the support team that discovered the winds generated by these energetic star objects. That is blowing across the galaxy and affecting the formation of its stars.
To reach this conclusion Wright and his team studied a supermassive black hole contained within a quasar in the center of a galaxy called 3C 928, which is more than 9,000 million light-years away from our solar system.
Taking a look at that supermassive black hole is almost like casting a glance at the early universe, and allows the experts to get an idea of what our galaxy might have been like while it was in its formation process.
Origin of our Galaxy
When scientists study the galaxies that are closest to us. They realize that the mass of the galaxy closely relates to the mass of the supermassive black hole. That is located in a centric position within it.
However, this case was not repeated with that galaxy to which we referred. The same is much younger than others that were also studied is much less massive than it should be, again following that mass relationship that presents its supermassive black hole.
How is this explained then? Well, very simple, experts believe that this supermassive black hole occupies that position long before the galaxy was formed. And that once the birth of it began, it totally controlled its evolution.
This means that the energy of a quasar (a supermassive black hole surrounded by a disk of light accretion of gas and dust) can control not only the formation of galaxies but also the growth of them.
That gives us the clues how our universe was formed from its origins. And why it grew in the way it did is one of the great challenges facing experts today.
More information: Keck Observatory.