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Optically thick winds of very massive stars suppress intermediate-mass black hole formation
Stefano Torniamenti, Michela Mapelli, Lumen Boco +3
Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) are the link between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes. Gravitational waves have started unveiling a population of IMBHs in the $\sim…
astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited
Impact of stellar winds on the pair-instability supernova rate
Filippo Simonato, Stefano Torniamenti, Michela Mapelli +4
Very massive stars (VMSs, 100 M) play a crucial role in several astrophysical processes. At low metallicity, they might collapse directly into black ho…