The Growth of Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time

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dc.creatorNandra, K.
dc.creatorAird, J. A.
dc.creatorAlexander, D. M.
dc.creatorBallantyne, D. R.
dc.creatorBarcons, X.
dc.creatorBauer, F. E.
dc.creatorBoller, T.
dc.creatorBrandt, W. N.
dc.creatorBrusa, M.
dc.creatorCattaneo, A.
dc.creatorChartas, G.
dc.creatorCoil, A. L.
dc.creatorComastri, A.
dc.creatorCroton, D. J.
dc.creatorDella Ceca, R.
dc.creatorDickinson, M.
dc.creatorFabian, A. C.
dc.creatorFazio, G. G.
dc.creatorFiore, F.
dc.creatorFlanagan, K. A.
dc.creatorForman, W. R.
dc.creatorGehrels, N.
dc.creatorGeorgakakis, A.
dc.creatorGeorgantopoulos, I.
dc.creatorGilli, R.
dc.creatorHasinger, G.
dc.creatorHopkins, P. F.
dc.creatorHornschemeier, A. E.
dc.creatorIvison, R. J.
dc.creatorKauffmann, G.
dc.creatorKing, A. R.
dc.creatorKoekemoer, A. M.
dc.creatorKoo, D. C.
dc.creatorKunieda, H.
dc.creatorLaird, E. S.
dc.creatorLevenson, N. A.
dc.creatorLi, Y.
dc.creatorMadau, P.
dc.creatorOhashi, T.
dc.creatorPounds, K. A.
dc.creatorPrimack, J. R.
dc.creatorRanalli, P.
dc.creatorRicker, G. R.
dc.creatorRossi, E. M.
dc.creatorShemmer, O.
dc.creatorSomerville, R. S.
dc.creatorStern, D.
dc.creatorStiavelli, M.
dc.creatorTananbaum, H.
dc.creatorTerashima, Y.
dc.creatorTreister, E.
dc.creatorUeda, Y.
dc.creatorVignali, C.
dc.creatorVolonteri, M.
dc.creatorWatson, M. G.
dc.creatorWhite, N. E.
dc.creatorWhite, S. D. M.
dc.date2009-03-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:48:42Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:48:42Z
dc.descriptionOne of the main themes in extragalactic astronomy for the next decade will be the evolution of galaxies over cosmic time. Many future observatories, including JWST, ALMA, GMT, TMT and E-ELT will intensively observe starlight over a broad redshift range, out to the dawn of the modern Universe when the first galaxies formed. It has, however, become clear that the properties and evolution of galaxies are intimately linked to the growth of their central black holes. Understanding the formation of galaxies, and their subsequent evolution, will therefore be incomplete without similarly intensive observations of the accretion light from supermassive black holes (SMBH) in galactic nuclei. To make further progress, we need to chart the formation of typical SMBH at z>6, and their subsequent growth over cosmic time, which is most effectively achieved with X-ray observations. Recent technological developments in X-ray optics and instrumentation now bring this within our grasp, enabling capabilities fully matched to those expected from flagship observatories at longer wavelengths.
dc.description8 pages, Science White paper submitted to Astro2010 Decadal survey. Supplementary information available at http://astro.imperial.ac.uk/research/ixo/smbh_growth.shtml
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0547
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0547
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/222147
dc.subjectCosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
dc.titleThe Growth of Supermassive Black Holes Across Cosmic Time
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