{"id":1281,"date":"2024-07-09T14:44:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/?post_type=tesi&p=1281"},"modified":"2025-05-26T18:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T16:30:56","slug":"supermassive-black-holes-quasars-and-jets-in-the-early-universe-understanding-the-formation-and-evolution-of-supermassive-black-holes","status":"publish","type":"tesi","link":"https:\/\/brera.inaf.it\/en\/tesi\/supermassive-black-holes-quasars-and-jets-in-the-early-universe-understanding-the-formation-and-evolution-of-supermassive-black-holes\/","title":{"rendered":"Supermassive Black Holes – PhD – MILANO – Quasars and Jets in the early Universe: Understanding the Formation and Evolution of Supermassive Black-Holes Caccianiga, Moretti, Tavecchio."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Supermassive Black Holes<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Phd Thesis<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Site: Milano<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Duration<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

3 years<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tutors<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

  Alessandro Caccianiga, Alberto Moretti, Fabrizio Tavecchio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

alessandro.caccianiga AT inaf.it
alberto.moretti AT inaf.it
fabrizio.tavecchio AT inaf.it<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Supermassive black holes<\/strong> (SMBH), with masses reaching several billions of solar masses (Msun), are present in the center of nearly all galaxies. Current theoretical models assume that they formed relatively “light” (102<\/sup>-104<\/sup> Msun) when the Universe was \u223c300-500 Myr old and then rapidly accreted matter<\/strong> to reach the huge masses observed today. However, the observation of galaxies in the early Universe (less than 1 Gyr old) hosting already massive SMBH (\u223c109<\/sup> Msun) is a challenge for current models, since the time available for the black-hole growth was very short. For this reason, searching and studying SMBH in the early Universe, in particular those actively accreting matter<\/strong> (the so-called quasars), is a lively and hot topic in current astrophysical research.
A general review<\/strong> on this topic can be found here: https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2110.10175v1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our research group, currently including 4 staff researchers, 1 PhD student and 1 post-doc, has been actively working in this important research field in the last 5 years. In particular we have been focused on the enigmatic sub-set of quasars that are able to produce powerful relativistic jets (the so-called “radio-loud quasars”) in order to establish their actual role in the overall picture. The list of publications<\/strong> of our group on this research field in the last 3 years can be found here: http:\/\/www.brera.mi.astro.it\/~alessandro.caccianiga\/highz_pub.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this thesis<\/strong> we offer to the PhD student the possibility of taking a leading role<\/strong> on some specific aspects of this stimulating field either by exploiting the large amount of data we have collected so far and\/or obtaining new data set by writing specific proposals. The PhD student will also have the possibility of spending one or more periods abroad<\/strong> to gain expertise and foster external collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The (non-exhaustive) list of possible lines of reasearch to be carried out includes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n