Connecting black hole activity and star formation with Galaxy Zoo
Stas Shabala (University of Tasmania)
AGN feedback is a complicated process. Feedback can be imparted in many different ways, and the triggers of AGN activity play an important role in determining the efficiency of the feedback process.
I will show how Galaxy Zoo can provide a unique window on the AGN - star formation connection. Armed with a morphologically-selected sample of early-type galaxies with dust lanes, I will argue that gas-rich galaxy interactions are responsible for triggering radiatively efficient AGN in the local Universe. Using such a clean, morphologically-selected sample allows us to reconstruct the timeline linking star formation and AGN activity. [Shabala et al. 2012, MNRAS, 423, 59; Kaviraj et al. 2012, MNRAS, 423, 49].
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