2012/01/01 by Marta Volonteri · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Black hole (networking) #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #Galaxy #Intermediate-mass black hole #Population #Primordial black hole #Quasar #astro-ph.CO #astro-ph.HE
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.4754370
published in AIP conference proceedings, 289-296 (American Institute of Physics) · Very short review to appear in the proceedings of "First Stars IV", held in Kyoto, Japan, May 2012
openalex publication_date 2012/01/01 · arxiv created 2012/09/06 · arxiv updated 2015/06/11 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
I briefly outline recent theoretical developments on the formation of the first massive black holes (MBHs) that may grow into the population of MBHs powering quasars and inhabiting galactic centers today. I also touch upon possible observational tests that may give insights on what the properties of the first MBHs were.