Abstract
Abstract The formation of Supermassive black holes (SMBHs) early in the universe challenges our understanding of black holes formation, since they appear to be well-established by several hundred millions of years after the big bang. Therefore, theories including direct-collapse black holes and times of super-Eddington accretion are utilized to explain the phenomenon. Quasars can be studied to help explain the growth of these SMBHs using the quasar luminosity function (QLF). The function used here to model the QLF is a four parametered function, the tapered power law. With further calculations, this data shows that periods of super-Eddington accretion are likely happening, and that the seed mass for these SMBHs ranges from about 102 to 105 M ⊙.
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