Models of the AGN and black hole populations

DOI

We construct evolutionary models of the populations of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) and supermassive black holes, in which the black hole mass function grows at the rate implied by the observed luminosity function, given assumptions about the radiative efficiency and the luminosity in Eddington units. We draw on a variety of recent X-ray and optical measurements to estimate the bolometric AGN luminosity function and compare to X-ray background data and the independent estimate of Hopkins et al. to assess remaining systematic uncertainties. The integrated AGN emissivity closely tracks the cosmic star-formation history, suggesting that star formation and black hole growth are closely linked at all redshifts.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.16900020
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/690/20
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Provenance
Creator Shankar F.; Weinberg D.H.; Miralda-Escude J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2011
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OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Cosmology; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; High Energy Astrophysics; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics