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在矮星系中寻找大质量黑洞

Hunting for Massive Black Holes in Dwarf Galaxies

Amy E. Reines

摘要:

与传统的想法不同,矮星系中可能潜伏着相当数量的大质量黑洞。在过去的十年中,几乎所有的大质量黑洞都是在巨星系的核中发现的,而矮星系中是否存在大质量黑洞一直备受争议。随着越来越多的研究人员致力于各种观测研究和容纳大质量黑洞的矮星系的理论模型,该领域已经发生了变化。这一领域的工作不仅对全面了解矮星系的演化和反馈很重要,而且它可能会告诉我们大质量黑洞的第一个“种子”是如何在早期宇宙中形成的。在这个角度来看,我讨论了该领域的现状以及未来的前景。我还提出了有关附近矮星系人口统计的新见解,这些见解可用于帮助限制作为质量和矮星系类型的函数的黑洞占据/活动分数。

英文摘要:

Despite traditional thinking, an appreciable population of massive black holes may be lurking in dwarf galaxies. Prior to the last decade, nearly all massive black holes were found in the nuclei of giant galaxies and the existence of massive black holes in dwarf galaxies was highly controversial. The field has now been transformed with a growing community of researchers working on a variety of observational studies and theoretical models of dwarf galaxies hosting massive black holes. Work in this area is not only important for a holistic understanding of dwarf galaxy evolution and feedback, but it may just tell us how the first "seeds" of massive black holes formed in the early Universe. In this Perspective, I discuss the current state of the field as well as future prospects. I also present new insights on the demographics of nearby dwarf galaxies, which can be used to help constrain the black hole occupation/active fraction as a function of mass and dwarf galaxy type.

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