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Rapid Formation of Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Galaxy Mergers with Gas
Lucio Mayer, Stelios Kazantzidis, Piero Madau +3
Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are a ubiquitous component of the nuclei of galaxies. It is normally assumed that, following the merger of two massive galaxies, a SMBH binary will…
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The Astrophysics of Early Galaxy Formation
Piero Madau
These lectures summarize our basic understanding of the emergence of cosmic structures, the epoch of first light, the survival of early substructure in present-day galaxy halos.