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The Early Evolution of Massive Black Holes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Marta Volonteri
Marta Volonteri*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Michigan, 500 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Massive black holes (MBHs) are nowadays believed to reside in most local galaxies. Studies have also established a number of relations between the MBH mass and properties of the host galaxy such as bulge mass and velocity dispersion. These results suggest that central MBHs, while much less massive than their hosts (~ 0.1%), are linked to the evolution of galactic structure. When did it all start? In hierarchical cosmologies, a single big galaxy today can be traced back to the stage when it was split up in hundreds of smaller components. Did MBH seeds form with the same efficiency in small proto-galaxies, or did their formation have to await the buildup of substantial galaxies with deeper potential wells? I briefly review here some of the physical processes that are conducive to the evolution of the massive black hole population. I will discuss black hole formation processes for “seed” black holes that are likely to take place at early cosmic epochs, and possible observational tests of these scenarios.

Keywords

cosmology: theorygalaxies: formationgravitationblack hole physicsquasars: 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. 26 - 33
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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