Mass function of dormant black holes and the evolution of the Active Galactic Nuclei
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We derive the mass function of the relic black holes and compared with that of the Massive Dark Objects in galaxies. Under the assumption that accretion onto massive BH's powers the Active Galactic Nuclei, the mass function of the BH responsibile for the past activity of QSO/AGN is computed. Our results support the scenario in which the QSO phase has exclusively occurred in every proto-elliptical.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9811102,
title = {Mass function of dormant black holes and the evolution of the Active Galactic Nuclei},
author = {Paolo Salucci and Ewa Szuszkiewicz and Pierluigi Monaco and Luigi Danese},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9811102},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
10 pages, 8 Figures. Version improved with referee comments. J. Accepted on MNRAS