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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…
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…