What drives the growth of black holes?

DM Alexander, RC Hickox - New Astronomy Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Massive black holes (BHs) are at once exotic and yet ubiquitous, residing at the centers of
massive galaxies in the local Universe. Recent years have seen remarkable advances in …

Cosmic X-ray surveys of distant active galaxies: The demographics, physics, and ecology of growing supermassive black holes

WN Brandt, DM Alexander - The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review, 2015 - Springer
We review results from cosmic X-ray surveys of active galactic nuclei (AGNs) over the past
≈ 15≈ 15 years that have dramatically improved our understanding of growing …

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 …

A highly consistent framework for the evolution of the star-forming “main sequence” from z∼ 0–6

JS Speagle, CL Steinhardt, PL Capak… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Using a compilation of 25 studies from the literature, we investigate the evolution of the star-
forming galaxy (SFG) main sequence (MS) in stellar mass and star formation rate (SFR) out …

The LOFAR Two-meter Sky Survey: Deep Fields Data Release 1-I. Direction-dependent calibration and imaging

C Tasse, T Shimwell, MJ Hardcastle… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) is an ideal instrument to conduct deep extragalactic
surveys. It has a large field of view and is sensitive to large-scale and compact emission. It …

A cosmological framework for the co-evolution of quasars, supermassive black holes, and elliptical galaxies. I. Galaxy mergers and quasar activity

PF Hopkins, L Hernquist, TJ Cox… - The Astrophysical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We develop a model for the cosmological role of mergers in the evolution of starbursts,
quasars, and spheroidal galaxies. By combining theoretically well-constrained halo and …

Mid-infrared selection of active galactic nuclei with the wide-field infrared survey explorer. i. characterizing wise-selected active galactic nuclei in cosmos

D Stern, RJ Assef, DJ Benford, A Blain… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is an extremely capable and
efficient black hole finder. We present a simple mid-infrared color criterion, W1− W2⩾ 0.8 …

AMAZE-I. The evolution of the mass–metallicity relation at z> 3

R Maiolino, T Nagao, A Grazian, F Cocchia… - Astronomy & …, 2008 - aanda.org
We present initial results of an ESO-VLT large programme (AMAZE) aimed at determining
the evolution of the mass-metallicity relation at z> 3 by means of deep near-IR spectroscopy …

The Spitzer–WISE Survey of the Ecliptic Poles

TH Jarrett, M Cohen, F Masci, E Wright… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We have carried out a survey of the north and south ecliptic poles, EP-N and EP-S,
respectively, with the Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer …

Spectral energy distributions of hard X-ray selected active galactic nuclei in the XMM-Newton medium deep survey

M Polletta, M Tajer, L Maraschi… - The Astrophysical …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the SEDs of a hard X-ray selected sample containing 136 sources with F 2-10
keV> 10-14 erg cm-2 s-1; 132 are AGNs. The sources are detected in a 1 deg 2 area of the …