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Nuclear Activity in Nearby Galaxies

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A significant fraction of nearby galaxies show evidence of weak nuclear activity unrelated to normal stellar processes. Recent high-resolution, multiwavelength observations indicate that the bulk of this activity derives from black hole accretion with a wide range of accretion rates. The low accretion rates that typify most low-luminosity active galactic nuclei induce significant modifications to their central engine. The broad-line region and obscuring torus disappear in some of the faintest sources, and the optically thick accretion disk transforms into a three-component structure consisting of an inner radiatively inefficient accretion flow, a truncated outer thin disk, and a jet or outflow. The local census of nuclear activity supports the notion that most, perhaps all, bulges host a central supermassive black hole, although the existence of active nuclei in at least some late-type galaxies suggests that a classical bulge is not a prerequisite to seed a nuclear black hole.

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A Jet from a Nearly Dormant Black Hole

astro-ph.HE · 2026-06-10 · unverdicted · novelty 8.0

Multi-frequency VLBI observations detect a two-sided jet with steep synchrotron spectrum from the nearly dormant SMBH in M60, with frequency-dependent core shift locating the engine ~10 Schwarzschild radii upstream of the 8.37 GHz core.

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  • A Jet from a Nearly Dormant Black Hole astro-ph.HE · 2026-06-10 · unverdicted · none · ref 2 · internal anchor

    Multi-frequency VLBI observations detect a two-sided jet with steep synchrotron spectrum from the nearly dormant SMBH in M60, with frequency-dependent core shift locating the engine ~10 Schwarzschild radii upstream of the 8.37 GHz core.

  • GRMHD and GRRT Simulations of Black Hole Accretion: Flares, Precession, and Complex Spacetimes astro-ph.HE · 2026-06-17 · unverdicted · none · ref 34 · internal anchor

    Simulations of accreting black holes in standard and complex spacetimes indicate that magnetic geometry, quantum corrections, and binary dynamics influence flares, precession, photon rings, and multi-wavelength variability, with potential EHT constraints.