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\texttt{calypso}: a Parameter-Conditioned Stochastic Surrogate Model for Circumbinary Accretion Time-Series
Magdalena Siwek, Matt Ho, Earl Bellinger
We present calypso, a parameter-conditioned stochastic surrogate model for circumbinary accretion flows. We represent the total and individual accretion time series in a PCA basis…
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MESA-QUEST: Tracing the formation of direct collapse black hole seeds via quasi-stars
Andrew D. Santarelli, Claire B. Campbell, Ebraheem Farag +3
The origin of the first supermassive black holes (SMBHs) observed at redshifts remains one of the most challenging open questions in astrophysics. Their rapid emergence s…