How the monsters were made: the formation of the most massive black holes in the Universe

Project description

Discovering the secrets of super-massive black hole formation

Some extreme galaxies in the universe could build super-massive black holes (SMBHs) whose masses exceed 100 million solar masses within the first few billion years of cosmic history. Scientists are trying to discover how these individual extreme SMBHs formed so quickly as well as the accretion history of the wider SMBH population in the early universe. To help answer these questions, the EU-funded HIZRAD project intends to build a sample of radio selected active galactic nuclei in the early universe that reaches new areas of parameter space and is over 100 times larger than current samples. These data sets will result in the first robust measurements of the accretion and mass history of SMBHs in the early universe.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › observational astronomy › optical astronomy
• humanities › history and archaeology › history
• natural sciences › physical sciences › astronomy › astrophysics › black holes
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › spectroscopy

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Net EU contribution

€ 212 933,76

Address

Old College, South Bridge
EH8 9YL Edinburgh
United Kingdom

Region

Eastern Scotland › Edinburgh

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00