Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena · Model or simulation

How did early black holes get so big for their galaxies?

Paper: Episodic super-Eddington accretion as a clue to overmassive black holes in the early Universe
Trinca et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2026 · doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stag1608

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How did early black holes get so big for their galaxies? A computer model suggests intense feeding bursts, each 0.5–3 million years long. In the model, they spend 1–4% of their time in these bursts.

AI-assisted summary with an AI voice, not reviewed by the authors. Made from the paper under its CC BY licence. Read the paper before relying on a finding. Keywords: super-Eddington accretion, overmassive black holes, supermassive black holes, early universe, black hole-galaxy coevolution, major galaxy mergers.