The Collapse of Atomically-Cooled Primordial Haloes. I. High Lyman-Werner Backgrounds

Samuel J. Patrick, Daniel J. Whalen, Muhammed A. Latif +1

Pristine, atomically-cooled haloes may be the sites of primordial quasar formation because atomic cooling triggers rapid baryon collapse that can create 10${}^4$ - 10${}^5$ M${}_{\odot }$…