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An Estimate of the Local Active Black Hole Mass Function and the Distribution Function of Eddington Ratios

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Andreas Schulze  and
Lutz Wisotzki
Andreas Schulze
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany Email: aschulze@aip.de
Lutz Wisotzki
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany Email: aschulze@aip.de
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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.

Keywords

galaxies: activequasars: general
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 266
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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