Wandering intermediate-mass black holes in Milky Way-sized galaxies in cosmological simulations: myth or reality?
Wandering intermediate-mass black holes in Milky Way-sized galaxies in cosmological simulations: myth or reality? Floor van Donkelaar, Lucio Mayer, Pedro R. Capelo, Tomas Tamfal arXiv:2404.15404v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this work, we address the following question: “can we use the current cosmological simulations to identify intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) and quantify a putative population of wandering IMBHs?”. We compare wandering-IMBH counts in different simulations with different sub-grid methods and post-processing recipes, the ultimate goal being to aid future wandering-IMBH detection efforts. In particular, we examine simulations in which IMBHs are identified as BH seeds forming at high redshift and those in which they areRead More →