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SMBH Wiki — Index

Top-level navigation. See CLAUDE.md for the schema and how the assistant should use this wiki.

Start here

  • [[smbh-overview]] — what supermassive black holes are and why they matter for galaxy evolution.
  • [[smbh-mass-functions]] — the cosmic mass function of SMBHs.

Binaries and mergers

  • [[smbh-binaries]] — formation, hardening, and coalescence.
  • [[final-parsec-problem]] — why binaries stall and how stars / gas unstick them.
  • [[smbh-recoil]] — gravitational-wave recoil of merger remnants.
  • [[smbh-scouring]] — how binaries carve out cored galaxy nuclei.
  • [[dual-agn]] — dual / offset AGN as binary precursors.
  • [[triple-smbh]] — triple-system dynamics and slingshot.

Gravitational-wave background

  • [[gw-background]] — the nanohertz SGWB from SMBH binaries.
  • [[pulsar-timing-arrays]] — NANOGrav, EPTA, IPTA detection prospects.
  • [[lisa-mbhb]] — LISA-band massive black-hole binaries.

Seeding and growth

  • [[smbh-seeds]] — heavy vs light seed mechanisms.
  • [[overmassive-undermassive-smbhs]] — JWST overmassive black holes, primordial-BH seeds.
  • [[smbh-accretion]] — Eddington-limited and super-Eddington growth.

Host-galaxy connection

  • [[smbh-host-scaling]] — M-σ, M-Mbulge, M-Mhalo relations.
  • [[recoil-host-signatures]] — kinematic / morphological imprints of recoils on host galaxies (cross-ref ../galaxies_wiki/).

Detection / observational signatures

  • [[smbh-from-lensing]] (cross-link to ../lensing_wiki/) — central-image and time-delay constraints.
  • [[vlbi-smbh]] — VLBI of SMBH-binary candidates (PKS 2131-021, J1543-0757, etc.).
  • [[x-ray-recoiling]] — X-ray-offset broad-line AGN signatures.
  • [[primordial-bh-microlensing]] — microlensing constraints on PBHs as SMBH seeds.

Named entities

  • Pulsar-timing-array collaborations: [[nanograv]], [[epta]], [[ipta]].
  • Surveys / catalogs: [[manga]] (cross-ref ../galaxies_wiki/), [[cosmos-web-agn]], [[big-mac]] (Big Multi-AGN Catalog).
  • Codes / simulations: [[ketju]] (KETJU simulation suite), [[rabbits]] (RABBITS simulation suite).
  • Notable individual systems: [[pks-2131-021]], [[pks-0745-191]], [[ngc-1277]], [[ngc-4736]], [[ngc-1380]], [[ngc-6861]].

Sources (bibliography by topic)

These pages describe claim support. Canonical citation metadata and key-management rules live in ../bibliography/.

  • [[sources-smbh-binaries]]
  • [[sources-smbh-recoil-scouring]]
  • [[sources-smbh-seeds-growth]]
  • [[sources-smbh-mass-functions]]
  • [[sources-gw-background]]
  • [[sources-dual-agn]]
  • [[sources-smbh-host-galaxies]]
  • [[sources-smbh-detection]]

Meta

  • [[CLAUDE]] — schema and usage rules.
  • [[log]] — compilation history.