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The Match Between Accreted and Local Mass Functions of Super-massive Black Holes

  • The Cosmological Evolution of Active Galatic Nuclei and X-ray Background
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Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context

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We present a new estimate of the local super-massive black hole (SMBH) mass function and show that it can be fully accounted for by the mass accreted during the luminous phases of X-ray selected active galactic nuclei (AGN) with a radiative efficiency of ~ 10%. The AGN visibility times grow with SMBH relic mass and are generally in the range τvis≥ 0.1–0.3 Gyr.

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  1. SISSA/ISAS, via Beirut 2, I-34014 Trieste, Italy

    F. Shankar, P. Salucci, G.L. Granato, G. De Zotti & L. Danese

  2. INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, I-35122 Padova, Italy

    G.L. Granato & G. De Zotti

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  1. F. Shankar
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  2. P. Salucci
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Andrea Merloni Sergei Nayakshin Rashid A. Sunyaev

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Shankar, F., Salucci, P., Granato, G., Zotti, G.D., Danese, L. The Match Between Accreted and Local Mass Functions of Super-massive Black Holes. In: Merloni, A., Nayakshin, S., Sunyaev, R.A. (eds) Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11403913_87

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