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Dark Stars: the First Stars in the Universe may be powered by Dark Matter Heating
Katherine Freese, Peter Bodenheimer, Paolo Gondolo +1
A new line of research on Dark Stars is reviewed, which suggests that the first stars to exist in the universe were powered by dark matter heating rather than by fusion. Weakly Int…
Implications of primordial black holes on the first stars and the origin of the super--massive black holes
Cosimo Bambi, Douglas Spolyar, Alexander D. Dolgov +2
If the cosmological dark matter has a component made of small primordial black holes, they may have a significant impact on the physics of the first stars and on the subsequent for…
Dark Stars: Dark Matter in the First Stars leads to a New Phase of Stellar Evolution
Katherine Freese, Douglas Spolyar, Anthony Aguirre +4
The first phase of stellar evolution in the history of the universe may be Dark Stars, powered by dark matter heating rather than by fusion. Weakly interacting massive particles, w…
Stellar Structure of Dark Stars: a first phase of Stellar Evolution due to Dark Matter Annihilation
Katherine Freese, Peter Bodenheimer, Douglas Spolyar +1
Dark Stars are the very first phase of stellar evolution in the history of the universe: the first stars to form (typically at redshifts ) are powered by heating from…
Dark Matter Densities during the Formation of the First Stars and in Dark Stars
Katherine Freese, Paolo Gondolo, J. A. Sellwood +1
The first stars in the universe form inside dark matter (DM) haloes whose initial density profiles are laid down by gravitational collapse in hierarchical struc…
Dark Matter Capture in the First Stars: a Power Source and Limit on Stellar Mass
Katherine Freese, Douglas Spolyar, Anthony Aguirre
The annihilation of weakly interacting massive particles can provide an important heat source for the first (Pop. III) stars, potentially leading to a new phase of stellar evolutio…