scholarly journals Feeding and feedback from little monsters: AGN in dwarf galaxies

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (S359) ◽  
pp. 238-242
Author(s):  
Mar Mezcua
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Scaling Relations ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Hole Formation ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Black Hole Formation ◽  
Low Mass

AbstractDetecting the seed black holes from which quasars formed is extremely challenging; however, those seeds that did not grow into supermassive should be found as intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) of 100 – 105 M⊙ in local dwarf galaxies. The use of deep multiwavelength surveys has revealed that a population of actively accreting IMBHs (low-mass AGN) exists in dwarf galaxies at least out to z ˜3. The black hole occupation fraction of these galaxies suggests that the early Universe seed black holes formed from direct collapse of gas, which is reinforced by the possible flattening of the black hole-galaxy scaling relations at the low-mass end. This scenario is however challenged by the finding that AGN feedback can have a strong impact on dwarf galaxies, which implies that low-mass AGN in dwarf galaxies might not be the untouched relics of the early seed black holes. This has important implications for seed black hole formation models.

scholarly journals Formation of massive black holes in ultracompact dwarf galaxies: migration of primordial intermediate-mass black holes in N-body simulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 496 (1) ◽  
pp. 921-932
Author(s):  
Henriette Wirth ◽  
Kenji Bekki
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Massive Black Hole ◽  
Massive Black Holes ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Central Regions ◽  
Low Mass

ABSTRACT Recent observational studies of ultracompact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) have discovered the massive black hole (MBH), with masses of more than ${10^6~\rm M_\odot }$, in their central regions. We here consider that these MBHs can be formed through the merging of intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH), with masses of (103–105) M⊙, within the stellar nuclei of dwarf galaxies, which are progenitors of UCDs. We numerically investigate this formation process for a wide range of model parameters using N-body simulations. This means that IMBH growth and feedback is neglected in this study. We find that only massive IMBHs of $10^5~\rm M_\odot$ sink into the central regions of their host dwarf ($\approx 10^{10}~\rm M_\odot$) to be gravitationally trapped by its stellar nucleus within less than 1 Gyr in most dwarf models. We also find that lighter IMBHs with $(1\!-\!30) \times 10^3~\rm M_\odot$ sink into the centre in low-mass dwarfs ($\approx 10^{9}~\rm M_\odot$) due to more efficient dynamical frictionitionally, we show that the IMBHs can form binaries in the centre and, rarely, before they reach the centre, which may lead to the IMBHs merging and thus emitting gravitational waves that could be detected by LISA. Finally, we discuss the required number of IMBHs for the MBH formation in UCDs and the physical roles of stellar nuclei in IMBH binaries and mergers.

An accreting < 105M⊙ black hole at the center of dwarf galaxy IC750

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (S356) ◽  
pp. 376-376
Author(s):  
Ingyin Zaw
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Dwarf Galaxies ◽  
Dwarf Galaxy ◽  
Host Galaxy ◽  
Scaling Relations ◽  
Host Galaxies ◽  
Seed Formation ◽  
Maser Emission ◽  
Water Masers

AbstractNuclear black holes in dwarf galaxies are important for understanding the low end of the supermassive black hole mass distribution and the black hole-host galaxy scaling relations. IC 750 is a rare system which hosts an AGN, found in ˜0.5% of dwarf galaxies, with circumnuclear 22 GHz water maser emission, found in ˜3–5% of Type 2 AGNs. Water masers, the only known tracer of warm, dense gas in the center parsec of AGNs resolvable in position and velocity, provide the most precise and accurate mass measurements of SMBHs outside the local group. We have mapped the maser emission in IC 750 and find that it traces a nearly edge-on warped disk, 0.2 pc in diameter. The central black hole has an upper limit mass of ˜1 × 105 M⊙ and a best fit mass of ˜8 × 104 M⊙, one to two orders of magnitude below what is expected from black hole-galaxy scaling relations. This has implications for models of black hole seed formation in the early universe, the growth of black holes, and their co-evolution with their host galaxies.

scholarly journals Observational signatures of massive black hole formation in the early Universe

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 987-994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk S. S. Barrow ◽  
Aycin Aykutalp ◽  
John H. Wise
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Hole Formation ◽  
Massive Black Hole ◽  
Black Hole Formation

scholarly journals Black Component of Dark Matter

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Grobov ◽  
S. G. Rubin ◽  
V. Yu. Shalamova
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Dark Matter ◽  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Extra Dimensions ◽  
Primordial Black Hole ◽  
Hole Formation ◽  
Specific Mass ◽  
Black Hole Formation

A mechanism of primordial black hole formation with specific mass spectrum is discussed. It is shown that these black holes could contribute to the energy density of dark matter. Our approach is elaborated in the framework of universal extra dimensions.

scholarly journals Black Holes in Pseudobulges and Spheroidals: A Change in the Black Hole–Bulge Scaling Relations at Low Mass

2008 ◽  
Vol 688 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny E. Greene ◽  
Luis C. Ho ◽  
Aaron J. Barth
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Scaling Relations ◽  
Low Mass

scholarly journals New constraints on direct collapse black hole formation in the early Universe

2016 ◽  
Vol 459 (4) ◽  
pp. 4209-4217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhaskar Agarwal ◽  
Britton Smith ◽  
Simon Glover ◽  
Priyamvada Natarajan ◽  
Sadegh Khochfar
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Hole Formation ◽  
Black Hole Formation

scholarly journals Black hole formation in the early Universe

2013 ◽  
Vol 433 (2) ◽  
pp. 1607-1618 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Latif ◽  
D. R. G. Schleicher ◽  
W. Schmidt ◽  
J. Niemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Black Hole ◽  
Early Universe ◽  
Hole Formation ◽  
Black Hole Formation
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