Powerful Outflows and Feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei
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Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) represent the growth phases of the supermassive black holes in the center of almost every galaxy. Powerful, highly ionized winds, with velocities $\sim 0.1- 0.2c$ are a common feature in X--ray spectra of luminous AGN, offering a plausible physical origin for the well known connections between the hole and properties of its host. Observability constraints suggest that the winds must be episodic, and detectable only for a few percent of their lifetimes. The most powerful wind feedback, establishing the $M -\sigma$ relation, is probably not directly observable at all. The $M - \sigma$ relation signals a global change in the nature of AGN feedback. At black hole masses below $M-\sigma$ feedback is confined to the immediate vicinity of the hole. At the $M-\sigma$ mass it becomes much more energetic and widespread, and can drive away much of the bulge gas as a fast molecular outflow.
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