Rights statement: This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Andrew J Griffin, Cedric G Lacey, Violeta Gonzalez-Perez, Claudia del P Lagos, Carlton M Baugh, Nikos Fanidakis, The evolution of SMBH spin and AGN luminosities for z < 6 within a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 487, Issue 1, July 2019, Pages 198–227, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1216 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/487/1/198/5485649
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TY - JOUR
T1 - The evolution of SMBH spin and AGN luminosities for z < 6 within a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation
AU - Griffin, Andrew J.
AU - Lacey, Cedric G.
AU - Gonzalez-Perez, Violeta
AU - Lagos, Claudia del P.
AU - Baugh, Carlton M.
AU - Fanidakis, Nikos
N1 - This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Andrew J Griffin, Cedric G Lacey, Violeta Gonzalez-Perez, Claudia del P Lagos, Carlton M Baugh, Nikos Fanidakis, The evolution of SMBH spin and AGN luminosities for z < 6 within a semi-analytic model of galaxy formation, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 487, Issue 1, July 2019, Pages 198–227, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1216 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/487/1/198/5485649
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Understanding how Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) evolve through cosmic time allows us to probe the physical processes that control their evolution. We use an updated model for the evolution of masses and spins of supermassive black holes (SMBHs), coupled to the latest version of the semi-analytical model of galaxy formation GALFORM using the Planck cosmology and a high resolution Millennium style dark matter simulation to make predictions for AGN and SMBH properties for $0 <z <6$. We compare the model to the observed black hole mass function and the SMBH versus galaxy bulge mass relation at $z=0$, and compare the predicted bolometric, hard X-ray, soft X-ray and optical AGN luminosity functions to observations at $z <6$, and find that the model is in good agreement with the observations. The model predicts that at $z
AB - Understanding how Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) evolve through cosmic time allows us to probe the physical processes that control their evolution. We use an updated model for the evolution of masses and spins of supermassive black holes (SMBHs), coupled to the latest version of the semi-analytical model of galaxy formation GALFORM using the Planck cosmology and a high resolution Millennium style dark matter simulation to make predictions for AGN and SMBH properties for $0 <z <6$. We compare the model to the observed black hole mass function and the SMBH versus galaxy bulge mass relation at $z=0$, and compare the predicted bolometric, hard X-ray, soft X-ray and optical AGN luminosity functions to observations at $z <6$, and find that the model is in good agreement with the observations. The model predicts that at $z
KW - galaxies: active
KW - galaxies: high-redshift
KW - quasars: general
U2 - 10.1093/mnras/stz1216
DO - 10.1093/mnras/stz1216
M3 - Journal article
VL - 487
SP - 198
EP - 227
JO - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
JF - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SN - 0035-8711
IS - 1
ER -