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An over-massive black hole in a typical star-forming galaxy, 2 billion years after the Big Bang

An over-massive black hole in a typical star-forming galaxy, 2 billion years after the Big Bang

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) and their host galaxies are generally thought to coevolve, so that the SMBH achieves up to about 0.2 to 0.5% of the host galaxy mass in the present day. The radiation emitted from the growing SMBH is expected to affect star formation throughout the host galaxy. …