{"scopus_import":"1","status":"public","volume":308,"page":"147-185","OA_type":"green","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"The first massive astrophysical black holes likely formed at high redshifts (z≳ 10) at the centers of low mass (~ 106 M⊙) dark matter concentrations. These black holes grow by mergers and gas accretion, evolve into the population of bright quasars observed at lower redshifts, and eventually leave the supermassive black hole remnants that are ubiquitous at the centers of galaxies in the nearby universe. The astrophysical processes responsible for the formation of the earliest seed black holes are poorly understood. The purpose of this review is threefold: (1) to describe theoretical expectations for the formation and growth of the earliest black holes within the general paradigm of hierarchical cold dark matter cosmologies, (2) to summarize several relevant recent observations that have implications for the formation of the earliest black holes, and (3) to look into the future and assess the power of forthcoming observations to probe the physics of the first active galactic nuclei."}],"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"type":"book_chapter","article_processing_charge":"No","year":"2004","doi":"10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5","arxiv":1,"OA_place":"repository","day":"03","oa":1,"series_title":"ASSL","quality_controlled":"1","external_id":{"arxiv":["astro-ph/0403225"]},"extern":"1","author":[{"first_name":"Zoltán","full_name":"Haiman, Zoltán","orcid":"0000-0003-3633-5403","last_name":"Haiman","id":"7c006e8c-cc0d-11ee-8322-cb904ef76f36"},{"full_name":"Quataert, Eliot","first_name":"Eliot","last_name":"Quataert"}],"title":"The Formation and Evolution of the First Massive Black Holes","oa_version":"Preprint","month":"08","publication_status":"published","intvolume":"       308","_id":"18739","main_file_link":[{"open_access":"1","url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0403225"}],"user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","date_published":"2004-08-03T00:00:00Z","citation":{"apa":"Haiman, Z., &#38; Quataert, E. (2004). The Formation and Evolution of the First Massive Black Holes. In <i>Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe</i> (Vol. 308, pp. 147–185). Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5\">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5</a>","ista":"Haiman Z, Quataert E. 2004.The Formation and Evolution of the First Massive Black Holes. In: Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol. 308, 147–185.","mla":"Haiman, Zoltán, and Eliot Quataert. “The Formation and Evolution of the First Massive Black Holes.” <i>Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe</i>, vol. 308, Springer Nature, 2004, pp. 147–85, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5\">10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5</a>.","ama":"Haiman Z, Quataert E. The Formation and Evolution of the First Massive Black Holes. In: <i>Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe</i>. Vol 308. ASSL. Springer Nature; 2004:147-185. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5\">10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5</a>","chicago":"Haiman, Zoltán, and Eliot Quataert. “The Formation and Evolution of the First Massive Black Holes.” In <i>Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe</i>, 308:147–85. ASSL. Springer Nature, 2004. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5\">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2471-9_5</a>.","short":"Z. Haiman, E. Quataert, in:, Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe, Springer Nature, 2004, pp. 147–185.","ieee":"Z. Haiman and E. Quataert, “The Formation and Evolution of the First Massive Black Holes,” in <i>Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe</i>, vol. 308, Springer Nature, 2004, pp. 147–185."},"date_updated":"2025-01-07T13:46:38Z","alternative_title":["Astrophysics and Space Science Library"],"publisher":"Springer Nature","publication_identifier":{"eisbn":["9781402024719"],"issn":["0067-0057"],"isbn":["9789048166626"]},"publication":"Supermassive Black Holes in the Distant Universe","date_created":"2025-01-03T12:33:47Z"}