23 citations · 37 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
astro-ph.HE2012★ 14 cited
The Super-Eddington Nature of Super Massive Stars
Calanit Dotan, Nir J. Shaviv
Supermassive stars (SMS) are massive hydrogen objects, slowly radiating their gravitational binding energy. Such hypothetical primordial objects may have been the seed of the massi…
astro-ph.HE2011★ 23 cited
A Lower Limit on the Halo Mass to form Supermassive Black Holes
Calanit Dotan, Elena M. Rossi, Nir J. Shaviv
We consider a scenario where supermassive black holes form through direct accumulation of gas at the centre of proto-galaxies. In the first stage, the accumulated gas forms a super…
astro-ph.HE2010
Super Eddington Slim Accretion Disks with Winds
Calanit Dotan, Nir J. Shaviv
We construct Super-Eddington Slim Disks models around both stellar and super-massive black holes by allowing the formation of a porous layer with a reduced effective opacity. We sh…