Accretion of dissipative dark matter onto active galactic nuclei

Nadav Joseph Outmezguine*, Oren Slone, Walter Tangarife, Lorenzo Ubaldi, Tomer Volansky

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Abstract

We examine the possibility that accretion of Dissipative Dark Matter (DDM) onto Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) contributes to the growth rate of Super Massive Black Holes (SMBHs). Such a scenario could alleviate tension associated with anomalously large SMBHs measured at very early cosmic times, as well as observations that indicate that the growth of the most massive SMBHs occurs before z ∼ 6, with little growth at later times. These observations are not readily explained within standard AGN theory. We find a range in the parameter space of DDM models where we both expect efficient accretion to occur and which is consistent with observations of a large sample of measured SMBHs. When DDM accretion is included, the predicted evolution of this sample seems to be more consistent with assumptions regarding maximal BH seed masses and maximal AGN luminosities.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2018
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2018

Funding

FundersFunder number
Ambrose Monell Foundation
I-CORE Program of the Planning Budgeting Committee
Azrieli Foundation
Institute for Advanced Study
Israel Science Foundation2522/17, 1937/12
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation2016153
Clore Foundation2015P5SBHT 002
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme682676
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and DevelopmentI-1283-303.7/2014

    Keywords

    • Phenomenological Models

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