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The first supermassive black holes

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2017-06-29 v2

Abstract

We briefly review the historical development of the ideas regarding the first supermassive black hole seeds, the physics of their formation and radiative feedback, recent theoretical and observational progress, and our outlook for the future.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1703.03083,
  title  = {The first supermassive black holes},
  author = {Aaron Smith and Volker Bromm and Abraham Loeb},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.03083},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

Invited review, Astronomy & Geophysics, 6 pages, 6 figures, updated to reflect the printed version

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