The direction of rotation of supermassive black holes is unrelated to the direction of rotation of the host galaxy

arXiv:2607.06902 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-07-08 · Read on arXiv

Loren Gigi, C. Martin Gaskell

astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-07-08

Comments: 11 pages, 3 figures, 1 table

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• AGN — 72× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• AGN Feedback — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Anisotropy — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• Off-Axis Energy Generation in Active Galactic Nuclei: Explaining Broad-Line Profiles, Spectropolarimetric Observations, and Velocity-Resolved Reverberation Mapping

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