Local supermassive black holes, relics of active galactic nuclei and the X-ray background
Local supermassive black holes, relics of active galactic nuclei and the X-ray background
We quantify the importance of mass accretion during active galactic nuclei (AGN) phases in the growth of supermassive black holes (BHs) by comparing the mass function of black holes in the Local Universe with that expected from AGN relics, which are black holes grown entirely with mass accretion during AGN …