%0 Generic %1 Schawinski2011 %A Schawinski, Kevin %A Urry, Meg %A Treister, Ezequiel %A Simmons, Brooke %A Natarajan, Priyamvada %A Glikman, Eilat %D 2011 %K accreting black holes multiple %T Evidence for Three Accreting Black Holes in a Galaxy at z~1.35: A Snapshot of Recently Formed Black Hole Seeds? %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.6973 %X One of the key open questions in cosmology today pertains to understanding when, where and how super massive black holes form, while it is clear that mergers likely play a significant role in the growth cycles of black holes, how supermassive black holes form, and how galaxies grow around them. Here, we present Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/IR grism observations of a clumpy galaxy at z=1.35, with evidence for 10^6 - 10^7 Msun rapidly growing black holes in separate sub-components of the host galaxy. These black holes could have been brought into close proximity as a consequence of a rare multiple galaxy merger or they could have formed in situ. Such holes would eventually merge into a central black hole as the stellar clumps/components presumably coalesce to form a galaxy bulge. If we are witnessing the in-situ formation of multiple black holes, their properties can inform seed formation models and raise the possibility that massive black holes can continue to emerge in star-forming galaxies as late as z=1.35 (4.8 Gyr after the Big Bang).

@misc{Schawinski2011, abstract = { One of the key open questions in cosmology today pertains to understanding when, where and how super massive black holes form, while it is clear that mergers likely play a significant role in the growth cycles of black holes, how supermassive black holes form, and how galaxies grow around them. Here, we present Hubble Space Telescope WFC3/IR grism observations of a clumpy galaxy at z=1.35, with evidence for 10^6 - 10^7 Msun rapidly growing black holes in separate sub-components of the host galaxy. These black holes could have been brought into close proximity as a consequence of a rare multiple galaxy merger or they could have formed in situ. Such holes would eventually merge into a central black hole as the stellar clumps/components presumably coalesce to form a galaxy bulge. If we are witnessing the in-situ formation of multiple black holes, their properties can inform seed formation models and raise the possibility that massive black holes can continue to emerge in star-forming galaxies as late as z=1.35 (4.8 Gyr after the Big Bang). }, added-at = {2011-12-01T02:28:01.000+0100}, author = {Schawinski, Kevin and Urry, Meg and Treister, Ezequiel and Simmons, Brooke and Natarajan, Priyamvada and Glikman, Eilat}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d2a291c595095d16fc58438c758f267f/miki}, description = {[1111.6973] Evidence for Three Accreting Black Holes in a Galaxy at z~1.35: A Snapshot of Recently Formed Black Hole Seeds?}, interhash = {59482c0c2c8a74d52635163b4eebe5bf}, intrahash = {d2a291c595095d16fc58438c758f267f}, keywords = {accreting black holes multiple}, note = {cite arxiv:1111.6973 Comment: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters. 6 pages, 4 figures, 1 table}, timestamp = {2011-12-01T02:28:01.000+0100}, title = {Evidence for Three Accreting Black Holes in a Galaxy at z~1.35: A Snapshot of Recently Formed Black Hole Seeds?}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1111.6973}, year = 2011 }