Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aas...204.4208t&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society Meeting 204, #42.08; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 36, p.728
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The high redshifts of the most distant known quasars, and the best estimates of their black hole masses, require that supermassive black holes (SMBHs) must have formed very early in history. Several mechanisms for creating and growing these holes have been proposed. Here we present an evaluation of the timescales needed for various critical processes in order to discriminate between the proposed scenarios. We find in particular that mergers alone are not able to grow the black holes at a sufficient rate. Accretion models offer a solution and we use accretion timescales to constrain the manner in which the black hole was first formed. This analysis implies, but does not require, the action of some unconventional process.
This work was supported by NASA under the Colorado Space Grant Consortium.
Janus Brent
Santos-Noble Diego
Tyler Craig
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