L. Ciotti
Published 2009-08-27Version 1
The passively evolving stellar population in elliptical galaxies (Es) provides a continuous source of fuel for accretion on the central supermassive black hole (SMBH), which is 1) extended over the entire galaxy life (but declining with cosmic time), 2) linearly proportional to the stellar mass of the host spheroid, 3) summing up to a total gas mass that is >100 times larger than the currently observed SMBH masses, 4) available independently of merging events. The main results of numerical simulations of Es with central SMBH, in which a physically based implementation of radiative and mechanical feedback effects is considered, are presented.
Comments: 1 page, no figures. Invited talk to Joint Discussion 08 "Hot Interstellar Matter in Elliptical Galaxies". To appear in Highlights of Astronomy, Vol. 15, Proc. of the XXVIIth IAU General Assembly, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 2009, eds. D.-W. Kim and S. Pellegrini, Cambridge University Press
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