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Dualizing module for $Aut(F_n)$

In https://pi.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/Papers/FCn.pdf, Hatcher and Vogtmann defined a simplicial complex $FC_n$ called the ``complex of free factors'' of the free group $F_n$. They proved that $FC_n$ is homotopy equivalent to a wedge of $(n-2)$-spheres. They call the top reduced homology group of this complex the Steinberg module of $Aut(F_n)$ and ask if it is a rational dualizing module for $Aut(F_n)$. That is, they ask if: $$H^i(Aut(F_n);\mathbb Q) \cong H_{2n-2-i}(Aut(F_n);\tilde H_{n-2}(FC_n;\mathbb Q)).$$ Has there been any progress on this question?

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