Growing supermassive black holes in the late stages of galaxy mergers are heavily obscured

Mergers of galaxies are thought to cause significant gas inflows to the inner parsecs, which \ncan activate rapid accretion on to supermassive black holes (SMBHs), giving rise to active \ngalactic nuclei (AGN). During a significant fraction of this process, SMBHs are predicted to \nbe enshrouded by ... View More