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astro-ph.GA2026
Identification of Candidate Halos Hosting Massive Black Hole Seeds in the Simulations with Support Vector Machines
Brandon Pries, John H. Wise
The nature of the origins of supermassive black holes remains uncertain. Multiple possible seeding pathways have been proposed across a variety of mass scales, each with their own…
astro-ph.GA2025
Beyond the Goldilocks Zone: Identifying Critical Features in Massive Black Hole Formation
Elizabeth Mone, Brandon Pries, John Wise +1
Most galaxies, including the Milky Way, host a supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the center. These SMBHs can be observed out to high redshifts (z>=6) if the accretion rate is suffi…