Effects of the Hubble Parameter on the Cosmic Growth of the First Quasars

Abstract

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) play a crucial role in the evolution of galaxies and are currently detected up to $z\sim 7.5$. Theories describing black hole (BH) growth are challenged by how rapidly seeds with initial mass $M_{\bullet }\lesssim 10^5{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$, formed at $z\sim 20-30$, grew to $M_{\bullet }\sim 10^9{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$ by $z\sim 7$. Here we study the effects of the value of the Hubble parameter, $H_0$, on models describing the early growth of BHs. First, we note that the predicted mass of a quasar at $z=6$ changes by $>300$% if the underlying Hubble parameter used in the model varies from $H_0=65$ to $H_0=74$ km s${}^{-1}$Mpc${}^{-1}$, a range encompassing current estimates. Employing an MCMC approach based on priors from $z\gtrsim 6.5$ quasars and on $H_0$, we study the interconnection between $H_0$ and the parameters describing BH growth: seed mass $M_i$ and Eddington ratio $f_{\mathrm{Edd}}$. Assuming an Eddington ratio of $f_{\mathrm{Edd}}=0.7$, in agreement with previous estimates, we find $H_0=73.6_{-3.3}^{+1.2}$ km s${}^{-1}$Mpc${}^{-1}$. In a second analysis, allowing all the parameters to vary freely, we find $\log (M_i/{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot })>4.5$ (at 95% CL), $H_0=74_{-1.4}^{+1.5}$ km s${}^{-1}$Mpc${}^{-1}$ and $f_{\mathrm{Edd}}=0.77_{-0.026}^{+0.035}$ at 68% CL. Our results on the typical Eddington ratio are in agreement with previous estimates. Current values of the Hubble parameter strongly favour heavy seed formation scenarios, with $M_i\gtrsim 10^4{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$. In our model, with the priors on BH masses of quasars used, light seed formation scenarios are rejected at $\sim 3\sigma$.

arXiv commentAccepted for publication in MNRAS. 7 pages, 4 figures

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