Astrophysics with the laser interferometer space antenna

P Amaro-Seoane, J Andrews, M Arca Sedda… - Living Reviews in …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be a transformative experiment
for gravitational wave astronomy, and, as such, it will offer unique opportunities to address …

The origins of massive black holes

M Volonteri, M Habouzit, M Colpi - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Massive black holes (MBHs) inhabit galactic centres, and power luminous quasars and
active galactic nuclei, sha** their cosmic environment with the energy they produce. The …

[HTML][HTML] The NANOGrav 15 yr data set: Constraints on supermassive black hole binaries from the gravitational-wave background

G Agazie, A Anumarlapudi, AM Archibald… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The NANOGrav 15 yr data set shows evidence for the presence of a low-frequency
gravitational-wave background (GWB). While many physical processes can source such low …

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 …

Hidden little monsters: spectroscopic identification of low-mass, broad-line AGNs at z> 5 with CEERS

DD Kocevski, M Onoue, K Inayoshi… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on the discovery of two low-luminosity, broad-line active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at
z> 5 identified using JWST NIRSpec spectroscopy from the Cosmic Evolution Early Release …

Planck 2015 results-XX. Constraints on inflation

PAR Ade, N Aghanim, M Arnaud, F Arroja… - Astronomy & …, 2016 - aanda.org
We present the implications for cosmic inflation of the Planck measurements of the cosmic
microwave background (CMB) anisotropies in both temperature and polarization based on …

The cosmological constant and dark energy

PJE Peebles, B Ratra - Reviews of modern physics, 2003 - APS
Physics welcomes the idea that space contains energy whose gravitational effect
approximates that of Einstein's cosmological constant, Λ; today the concept is termed dark …

Coevolution (or not) of supermassive black holes and host galaxies

J Kormendy, LC Ho - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Supermassive black holes (BHs) have been found in 85 galaxies by dynamical modeling of
spatially resolved kinematics. The Hubble Space Telescope revolutionized BH research by …

Cosmic star-formation history

P Madau, M Dickinson - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Over the past two decades, an avalanche of new data from multiwavelength imaging and
spectroscopic surveys has revolutionized our view of galaxy formation and evolution. Here …

The host galaxies of active galactic nuclei

G Kauffmann, TM Heckman, C Tremonti… - Monthly Notices of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We examine the properties of the host galaxies of 22 623 narrow-line active galactic nuclei
(AGN) with 0.02< z< 0.3 selected from a complete sample of 122 808 galaxies from the …