Intermediate-mass black holes

JE Greene, J Strader, LC Ho - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
We describe ongoing searches for intermediate-mass black holes with M BH≈ 10–105 M⊙.
We review a range of search mechanisms, both dynamical and those that rely on accretion …

The quest for dual and binary supermassive black holes: A multi-messenger view

A De Rosa, C Vignali, T Bogdanović, PR Capelo… - New Astronomy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The quest for binary and dual supermassive black holes (SMBHs) at the dawn of the multi-
messenger era is compelling. Detecting dual active galactic nuclei (AGN)–active SMBHs at …

Observational evidence for intermediate-mass black holes

M Mezcua - International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2017 - World Scientific
Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), with masses in the range 1 0 0–1 0 6 M⊙, are the
link between stellar-mass BHs and supermassive BHs (SMBHs). They are thought to be the …

Two can play at that game: constraining the role of supernova and AGN feedback in dwarf galaxies with cosmological zoom-in simulations

S Koudmani, D Sijacki, MC Smith - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
There is growing observational evidence for dwarf galaxies hosting active galactic nuclei
(AGN), including hints of AGN-driven outflows in dwarfs. However, in the common theoretical …

Hunting for massive black holes in dwarf galaxies

AE Reines - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
Despite traditional thinking, an appreciable population of massive black holes (that is, more
massive than stellar-mass black holes) may be lurking in dwarf galaxies. Before the last …

The cosmic evolution of massive black holes in the Horizon-AGN simulation

M Volonteri, Y Dubois, C Pichon… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We analyse the demographics of black holes (BHs) in the large-volume cosmological
hydrodynamical simulation Horizon-AGN. This simulation statistically models how much gas …

Intermediate-mass black holes in dwarf galaxies out to redshift ∼2.4 in the Chandra COSMOS-Legacy Survey

M Mezcua, F Civano, S Marchesi, H Suh… - Monthly Notices of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We present a sample of 40 active galactic nucleus (AGN) in dwarf galaxies at redshifts z≲
2.4. The galaxies are drawn from the Chandra COSMOS-Legacy survey as having stellar …

Multimessenger signatures of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies

JM Bellovary, CE Cleary, F Munshi… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Recent discoveries of massive black holes (MBHs) in dwarf galaxies suggest that they may
have a more common presence than once thought. Systematic searches are revealing more …

A new channel to form IMBHs throughout cosmic time

P Natarajan - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021 - academic.oup.com
While the formation of the first black holes (BHs) at high redshift is reasonably well
understood though debated, massive BH formation at later cosmic epochs has not been …

Radio AGN in nearby dwarf galaxies: the important role of AGN in dwarf galaxy evolution

F Davis, S Kaviraj, MJ Hardcastle… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We combine deep optical and radio data, from the Hyper Suprime-Cam and the Low-
Frequency Array (LOFAR), respectively, to study 78 radio active galactic nuclei (AGN) in …