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Collisional Dark Matter and the Origin of Massive Black Holes

arXiv:astro-ph/9912548 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5258

Abstract

If the cosmological dark matter is primarily in the form of an elementary particle which has cross section and mass for self-interaction having a ratio similar to that of ordinary nuclear matter, then seed black holes (formed in stellar collapse) will grow in a Hubble time, due to accretion of the dark matter, to a mass range 10^6 - 10^9 solar masses. Furthermore, the dependence of the final black hole mass on the galaxy velocity dispersion will be approximately as observed and the growth rate will show a time dependence consistent with observations. Other astrophysical consequences of collisional dark matter and tests of the idea are noted.

7 pages, no figures, LaTeX2e, Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett. Changed content

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