The Accretion History of Supermassive Black Holes

2004 ◽  
pp. 273-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lennox L. Cowie ◽  
Amy J. Barger
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Cosmological Evolution of Supermassive Black Holes: Mass Functions and Spins

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S290) ◽  
pp. 259-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan-Rong Li ◽  
Jian-Min Wang ◽  
Luis C. Ho
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Cosmological Evolution ◽  
Radiative Efficiency ◽  
Bolometric Luminosity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Minor Mergers ◽  
Mass Dependent ◽  
Mass Functions

AbstractWe derive the mass function of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) over the redshift range 0 > z ≲ 2, using the latest deep luminosity and mass functions of field galaxies. Applying this mass function, combined with the bolometric luminosity function of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), into the the continuity equation of SMBH number density, we explicitly obtain the mass-dependent cosmological evolution of the radiative efficiency for accretion. We suggest that the accretion history of SMBHs and their spins evolve in two distinct regimes: an early phase of prolonged accretion, plausibly driven by major mergers, during which the black hole spins up, then switching to a period of random, episodic accretion, governed by minor mergers and internal secular processes, during which the hole spins down. The transition epoch depends on mass, mirroring other evidence for “cosmic downsizing” in the AGN population.

scholarly journals The cosmological history of accretion onto dark halos and supermassive black holes

2006 ◽  
Vol 459 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Miller ◽  
W. J. Percival ◽  
S. M. Croom ◽  
A. Babić
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals A survey of AGN and supermassive black holes in the COSMOS Survey

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S238) ◽  
pp. 287-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris D. Impey ◽  
Jon R. Trump ◽  
Pat J. McCarthy ◽  
Martin Elvis ◽  
John P. Huchra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Data Set ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Cosmic Evolution ◽  
Early Results ◽  
Multi Wavelength ◽  
History Of

AbstractThe Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS) is an HST/ACS imaging survey of 2 square degrees centered on RA = 10:00:28.6, Dec = + 02:12:21 (J2000). While the primary goal of the survey is to study evolution of galaxy morphology and large scale structure, an extensive multi-wavelength data set allows for a sensitive survey of AGN. Spectroscopy of optical counterparts to faint X-ray and radio sources is being carried out with the Magallen (Baade) Telescope and the ESO VLT. By achieving ∼80 redshift completeness down to I AB = 3, the eventual yield of AGN will be ∼1100 over the whole field.Early results on supermassive black holes are described. The goals of the survey include a bolometric census of AGN down to moderate luminosities, the cosmic evolution and fueling history of the central engines, and a study of AGN environments on scales ranging from the host galaxy to clusters and superclusters.

scholarly journals The Assembly and Merging History of Supermassive Black Holes in Hierarchical Models of Galaxy Formation

2003 ◽  
Vol 582 (2) ◽  
pp. 559-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Volonteri ◽  
Francesco Haardt ◽  
Piero Madau
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Hierarchical Models ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Tracing the accretion history of supermassive black holes through X-ray variability: results from the ChandraDeep Field-South

2017 ◽  
Vol 471 (4) ◽  
pp. 4398-4411 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Paolillo ◽  
I. Papadakis ◽  
W. N. Brandt ◽  
B. Luo ◽  
Y. Q. Xue ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
X Ray ◽  
History Of

Formation history of supermassive black holes in a viable cosmological window

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S238) ◽  
pp. 345-346
Author(s):  
Carlos H. Coimbra-Araújo ◽  
Amâncio C. S. Friaça
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Disk Model ◽  
Rapid Rotation ◽  
Supermassive Black Hole ◽  
Formation History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stable Part

AbstractWe show, performing a viable cosmological window, that only the magneto hydrodynamic (MHD) disk model is capable to explain how an intermediate mass black hole (IMBH) (with masses ∼ 103M⊙) grows unto a supermassive black hole (SMBH) (with masses ∼ 107M⊙). We still calculate the supermassive stars sequence of stability. Those stars, with synthetized helium or oxygen cores, collapse to form IMBHs. In our calculation we show that the primordial stars must have rapid rotation if they are in the stable part of the sequence.

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