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EnglishA large population of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) might be produced at early cosmic times as a leftover of the evolution of the very massive first stars. Accretion on to IMBHs provides a source of (re)ionizing radiation. We show that the baryon mass fraction locked into IMBHs and their growth is strongly constrained by the observed residual soft X-ray background (SXRB) intensity. Thus, unless they are extremely X-ray quiet, miniquasars must be quite rare and/or have a short shining phase. As a byproduct, we find that miniquasars cannot be the only source of reionization and that their alleged contribution to the near-infrared bands is completely negligible.
| Titolo: | Cosmic backgrounds from miniquasars | |
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| Data di pubblicazione: | 2005 | |
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| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2005.00074.x | |
| Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11384/6623 | |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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