The Local Relics of of Supermassive Black Hole Seeds
by Jenny Greene, Aaron Barth, Andrea Bellini, Jillian Bellovary, Kelly Holley-Bockelmann, Tuan Do, Elena Gallo, Karl Gebhardt, Kayhan Gultekin, Zoltan Haiman, Matthew Hosek, Jr., Dongwon Kim, Mattia Libralato, Jessica Lu, Kristina Nyland, Matthew Malkan, Amy Reines, Anil Seth, Tommaso Treu, Jonelle Walsh, and Joan Wrobel
Published onMay 31, 2019
The Local Relics of of Supermassive Black Hole Seeds
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Abstract
In the coming decade we will have the capability to dynamically detect 1000 to hundred thousand solar mass black holes should they exit. This white paper describes how measuring the mass function of the elusive intermediate-mass black holes will provide unique insight into the formation of the first massive black holes.
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