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