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Our adaptive optics observations of nearby AGN at spatial resolutions assmall as 0.085arcsec show strong evidence for recent, but no longer active,nuclear star formation. We begin by describing observations that highlight twocontrasting methods by which gas can flow into the central tens of parsecs. Gasaccumulation in this region will inevitably lead to a starburst, and we discussthe evidence for such events. We then turn to the impact of stellar evolutionon the further inflow of gas by combining a phenomenological approach withanalytical modelling and hydrodynamic simulations. These complementaryperspectives paint a picture in which all the processes are ultimatelyregulated by the mass accretion rate into the central hundred parsecs, and theensuing starburst that occurs there. The resulting supernovae delay accretionby generating a starburst wind, which leaves behind a clumpy interstellarmedium. This provides an ideal environment for slower stellar outflows toaccrete inwards and form a dense turbulent disk on scales of a few parsecs.Such a scenario may resolve the discrepancy between the larger scale structureseen with adaptive optics and the small scale structure seen with VLTI.

[The Impact of Nuclear Star Formation on Gas Inflow to AGN