Relic Black Holes and Type 2 Quasars
Alessandro Marconi, Marco Salvati
Abstract
We follow the evolution of the Black Hole mass function in the assumption that mass accretion onto a massive BH is the powering mechanism of AGN activity. With reasonable assumptions suggested by current knowledge, it is possible to reproduce the Black Hole mass function derived from local bulges. In particular it is found that the majority of the mass in relic Black Holes was produced during AGN activity and that the ratio between obscured and unobscured quasars is between 1 and 2, much lower than required by synthesis models of the X-ray background.
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