The Accretion History of AGNs. I. Supermassive Black Hole Population Synthesis Model
The Accretion History of AGNs. I. Supermassive Black Hole Population Synthesis Model
As matter accretes onto the central supermassive black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN), X-rays are emitted. We present a population synthesis model that accounts for the summed X-ray emission from growing black holes; modulo the efficiency of converting mass to X-rays, this is effectively a record of the accreted …