An Estimate of the Local Active Black Hole Mass Function and the Distribution Function of Eddington Ratios
Abstract
The observed relations between the black hole mass and the properties of the spheroidal galaxy component imply a close connection between the growth of supermassive black holes and the evolution of their host galaxies. An effective approach to study black hole growth is to measure black hole masses and Eddington ratios of well-defined type 1 AGN samples and determine the underlying distribution functions.
- Publication:
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Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- May 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921310006435
- Bibcode:
- 2010IAUS..267..266S
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: active;
- quasars: general