Title: Supermassive black holes in the Universe

Speaker: Jian-Min Wang

Outlines

• Formation of SMBHs
• Masses and spins
• SMBH binaries and nanohertz GWs
• Satellite BHs and observational consequences
• Opportunities in the era of JWST and VLTI

First quasar: 3C 273

So broad H$\beta$ emission

Formation of SMBHs

Does the mass of BH grow first or that of the host galaxy?

The masses of BHs are mainly from accretion. SMBHs favor super-Eddington accretion.

Masses an spins

“It is hard to say that the spin depends on the mass.”

SMBH binaries and nanohertz GWs

Pile-up mass function