1 code implementation • 28 Nov 2003 • A. Marconi, G. Risaliti, R. Gilli, L. K. Hunt, R. Maiolino, M. Salvati
We quantify the importance of mass accretion during AGN phases in the growth of supermassive black holes (BH) by comparing the mass function of black holes in the local universe with that expected from AGN relics, which are black holes grown entirely with mass accretion during AGN phases.
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