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Table 9

SMBH symbols and their definition.

Symbol Definition

M ℬ,• Bulge min mass to host a SMBH = 106 M
M •,min SMBH min initial mass = 103 M
BH,inf SMBH total infall rate [Eqs. (24), (27), (88), Fig. 11]
Bondi Bondi accretion rate [Eqs. (88), (90)]
M SMBH mass [Eqs. (90), (91)]
Edd Eddington limited accretion rate [Eqs. (88), (91)]
Accretion rate linked to the torus [Eqs. (89), (88)]
Gas mass in the torus [Eq. (89)]
Gas fraction accreted in a merger = 10-4
L •,bol AGN bolometric luminosity [Eq. (92)]

Notes. Symbols are listed in order of appearance. Model parameters are in boldfaced text.

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