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Supermassive black holes in scalar field galaxy halos

arXiv:astro-ph/0207493 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.66.083005

Abstract

Ultra-light scalar fields provide an interesting alternative to WIMPS as halo dark matter. In this paper we consider the effect of embedding a supermassive black hole within such a halo, and estimate the absorption probability and the accretion rate of dark matter onto the black hole. We show that the accretion rate would be small over the lifetime of a typical halo, and hence that supermassive central black holes can coexist with scalar field halos.

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