Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002mnras.333..353c&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 333, Issue 2, pp. 353-359.
Physics
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Black Hole Physics, Methods: Numerical, Galaxies: Interactions, Quasars: General
Scientific paper
Monte Carlo simulations of the growth of supermassive black holes in semi-analytic models of galaxy formation are used to reconstruct characteristic merging and accretion histories. This paper shows that the growth pattern depends on the environment. In field galaxies black holes acquire most of their mass in a single accretion event. Refuellings and mergers with other black holes become important in groups and clusters. I also investigate whether the assumption that radio jets are powered by rotating black holes can explain the observed radio-loud-radio-quiet dichotomy. Wilson & Colbert speculated that rapidly rotating black holes are the natural product of major mergers, while normal accretion through a disc may not give rapidly spinning black holes if the conversion of rotational energy into electromagnetic energy is very efficient. Here I derive predictions for this model including the fraction of radio-loud quasars as a function of redshift and luminosity and compare these predictions with those of alternative proposals.
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