The assembly of the first massive black holes

K Inayoshi, E Visbal, Z Haiman - Annual Review of Astronomy …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The existence of∼ 109M⊙ supermassive black holes (SMBHs) within the first billion years
of the Universe has stimulated numerous ideas for the prompt formation and rapid growth of …

A JWST/NIRSpec First Census of Broad-line AGNs at z= 4–7: Detection of 10 Faint AGNs with M BH∼ 106–108 M⊙ and Their Host Galaxy Properties

Y Harikane, Y Zhang, K Nakajima… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the first statistical sample of faint type 1 AGNs at z> 4 identified by
JWST/NIRSpec deep spectroscopy. Among the 185 galaxies at z spec= 3.8–8.9 confirmed …

GOLDRUSH. IV. Luminosity Functions and Clustering Revealed with∼ 4,000,000 Galaxies at z∼ 2–7: Galaxy–AGN Transition, Star Formation Efficiency, and …

Y Harikane, Y Ono, M Ouchi, C Liu… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We present new measurements of rest-UV luminosity functions and angular correlation
functions from 4,100,221 galaxies at z∼ 2–7 identified in the Subaru/Hyper Suprime-Cam …

UNCOVER Spectroscopy Confirms the Surprising Ubiquity of Active Galactic Nuclei in Red Sources at z> 5

JE Greene, I Labbe, AD Goulding… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The James Webb Space Telescope is revealing a new population of dust-reddened
broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGN) at redshifts z≳ 5. Here we present deep …

The bolometric quasar luminosity function at z = 0–7

X Shen, PF Hopkins… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In this paper, we provide updated constraints on the bolometric quasar luminosity function
(QLF) from z= 0 to z= 7. The constraints are based on an observational compilation that …

The ASTRID simulation: the evolution of supermassive black holes

Y Ni, T Di Matteo, S Bird, R Croft, Y Feng… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We present the evolution of black holes (BHs) and their relationship with their host galaxies
in Astrid, a large-volume cosmological hydrodynamical simulation with box size 250 h …

Evolution of the AGN UV luminosity function from redshift 7.5

G Kulkarni, G Worseck… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Determinations of the ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function of active galactic nuclei (AGN) at
high redshifts are important for constraining the AGN contribution to reionization and …

The Pan-STARRS1 z> 5.6 Quasar Survey. III. The z≈ 6 Quasar Luminosity Function

JT Schindler, E Bañados, T Connor… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the z≈ 6 type-1 quasar luminosity function (QLF), based on the Pan-STARRS1
(PS1) quasar survey. The PS1 sample includes 125 quasars at z≈ 5.7–6.2, with− 28≲ M …

Great Optically Luminous Dropout Research Using Subaru HSC (GOLDRUSH). I. UV luminosity functions at z∼ 4–7 derived with the half-million dropouts on the 100 …

Y Ono, M Ouchi, Y Harikane… - Publications of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We study the UV luminosity functions (LFs) at z∼ 4, 5, 6, and 7 based on the deep large-
area optical images taken by the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) Subaru Strategic Program …

The low-end of the black hole mass function at cosmic dawn

A Trinca, R Schneider, R Valiante… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the formation and growth of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at high
redshift represents a major challenge for theoretical models. In this work, we investigate the …