The formation of galaxies hosting<i>z</i> ∼ 6 quasars
The formation of galaxies hosting<i>z</i> ∼ 6 quasars
We investigate the formation and properties of galaxies hosting z~6 quasars, in the gigaparsec scale cosmological hydrodynamical simulation: MassiveBlack, which includes a self-consistent model for star formation, black hole accretion and associated feedback. We show that the MassiveBlack reproduces current estimates of the galaxy stellar mass function z=5, 6. We …