Mass Functions of Supermassive Black Holes across Cosmic Time

The black hole mass function of supermassive black holes describes the evolution of the distribution of black hole mass. It is one of the primary empirical tools available for mapping the growth of supermassive black holes and for constraining theoretical models of their evolution. In this paper, we...

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Published in:Advances in Astronomy
Main Authors: Brandon C. Kelly, Andrea Merloni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/970858