Episodic super-Eddington accretion as a clue to Overmassive Black Holes in the early Universe
The episode discusses a paper on episodic super-Eddington accretion as a clue to overmassive black holes in the early Universe. The hosts explain how this mechanism reconciles how huge black holes form quickly and relate their growth to host galaxy mergers. They conclude that this model supports a higher number density of these objects than steady-state models allow, suggesting future searches should look for dormant systems.