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Growth of massive black holes during radiatively inefficient accretion phases. Xinwu Cao. Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS. Growth of massive black holes is mainly through accretion. The black hole mass density accreted in bright AGN phases is - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Growth of massive black holes during radiatively inefficient accretion phases
Xinwu Cao
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, CAS
Growth of massive black holes is mainly through accretion.
The black hole mass density accreted in bright AGN phases is
which can match to the measured local black hole mass density, if a suitable radiative efficiency is adopted.
Observations show nuclear activities in many low-luminosity AGNs/normal galaxies.
Motivation
1. How were the bright AGNs switched off? 2. How much local massive black hole mass was accreted in lo
w-luminosity AGNs/normal galaxies?
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)(2
bolaccbh dLzL
c
Ldz
dz
dtz
Lz
Different accretion modes
Slim disk: optically thick, disk-thickness: Standard thin disk: optically thick, disk-thickness:
Radiatively inefficient accretion flow (RIAF): optically thin, hot, disk-thickness: faint due to low radiative efficiency
Accretion mode transition occurs while
,1~/ RH 2.0m
1/ RH
.01.0~,2.0 critcrit mmm
.01.0~, critcrit mmm 1~/ RH
.01.0~,~ critcrit mmm
Spectra of slim disks (Wang et al. 1999)
Spectra of RIAFs (Manmoto 2000)
Spectra of thin disks (Laor & Netzer1989)
Constraints from the X-ray background(XRB)
Observed X-ray background (Comastri 2004)
Slim/thin disks: bright AGNsRIAFs: low-luminosity AGNs/normal galaxies
Difficulty: only local faint AGNs/normal galaxies can be well observed.
How were the bright AGNs switched off? (Cao, 2005, ApJ, 631, L101)
1. estimate number density of faint AGNs from the hard XLF(Ueda et al. 2003).
the duration of RIAFs in faint AGN accreting at a critical rate,
2. calculate the spectra of RIAFs
3. calculate the contribution to the XRB from RIAFs in faint AGNs
4. comparison with the observed XRB provides a constraint on the timescale
)()( bb
RIAFf zN
t
tzN
RIAFt.01.0~critm
.RIAFt
Blue: 0.05Red: 0.01Green: 0.005
bRIAF / tt
Conclusion: bright AGNs are switched off in less than ~1-5% of bright AGN lifetime. Most LLAGNs/normal galaxies are accreting at
So, how low is the accretion rate for LLAGNs/normal galaxies?
or ?510~ m
.01.0m
410
The contribution from the RIAFs in all inactive galaxies to the cosmological XRB can be calculated by
where is the template spectrum of a RIAF surrounding a black hole ( solar masses) accreting at
)(x El810 .aver
inactm
active galaxies: described by the Ueda’s X-ray LF, with
inactive galaxies:
.10 5.4110keV-2X L
.10 5.4110keV-2X L
maxzz
z
Black hole density in inactive galaxies The black hole mass density at redshift accreted during active galaxy phases from to is
where
given by Marconi et al. (2004).
The black hole mass density at redshift accreted during inactive galaxy
phases from to is
z
zmaxz
The total accreted black hole mass density is
The total black hole mass density
Thus,
The black hole mass density in active galaxies is
The initial condition:
If the number ratio of Compton-thick to Compton-thin AGNs is 0.6, the radiative efficiencies are ~0.1-0.17.
Black hole spin and radiative efficiency
The evolution of black hole mass and spin through accretion is described by
The evolution of black hole mass as a function of spin parameter is
Black hole spin and radiative efficiency
Corresponding to the radiative efficiencies derived, the spin parameter is required.
9.0~a
XRB synthesis for inactive black hole mass density derivedfor local black hole mass density .105.2 5local
bh
.9.0a4averinact 100.3 m for
XRB synthesis for inactive black hole mass density derivedfor local black hole mass density .100.4 5local
bh
.9.0a4averinact 105.2 m for
The number of Compton-thick AGNs with is assumed to be half of those with
2524log H N.2423log H N
.105.2 5localbh 4aver
inact 105.2 m for .100.4 5localbh 4aver
inact 100.2 m for
The constraints on accretion rates as functions of the number ratio of Compton-thick AGNs with to those with .2423log H N.2524log H N
3. Conclusions
1. Bright AGNs are switched off in less than ~1-5% of bright AGN lifetime, which may be the evidence that the gas near the black hole is blown away by AGN radiation.
2. Black hole growth is not important during inactive galaxy phases (<2-5% local black hole mass density was accreted in inactive galaxies). The average accretion rate of inactive galaxies should be
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Template spectra for RIAFs
a=0 a=0.9
The scenario for AGN formation and evolution 1. Birth of AGNs
Mergers between galaxies trigger nuclear gas flows to feed the black hole, and trigger nuclear starbursts. The nucleus is obscured by dense gas.
2. Bright AGN phase
accreting at around or slightly less than the Eddington rate. The gas becomes transparent and the nucleus can be seen.
3. Death of bright AGNs
radiation of AGNs expels gases to quench both accretion and star formation.
4. Faint AGN phases
accreting at very low rates
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