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Black Holes Across Cosmic History: A Journey Through 13.8 Billion Years

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Massive black holes are fundamental constituents of our cosmos, from the Big Bang to today. Understanding their formation at cosmic dawn, their growth, and the emergence of the first, rare quasars in the early Universe remains one of our greatest theoretical and observational challenges. Hydrodynamic cosmological simulations self-consistently combine the processes of structure formation at cosmological scales with the physics of smaller, galaxy scales. They capture our most realistic understanding of massive black holes and their connection to galaxy formation and have become the primary avenue for theoretical research in this field. The space-based gravitational wave telescope LISA will open up new investigations into the dynamical processes involving massive black holes. Multi-messenger astrophysics brings new exciting prospects for tracing the origin, growth and merger history of massive black holes across cosmic ages.

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Di Matteo, T. (2019). Black Holes Across Cosmic History: A Journey Through 13.8 Billion Years. In: Walter, R., Jetzer, P., Mayer, L., Produit, N. (eds) Black Hole Formation and Growth. Saas-Fee Advanced Course, vol 48. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59799-6_3

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