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astro-ph.CO2014★ 61 cited
A No-Go Theorem for Direct Collapse Black Holes Without a Strong Ultraviolet Background
Eli Visbal, Zoltan Haiman, Greg L. Bryan
Explaining the existence of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) larger than at redshifts remains an open theoretical question. One possibility is that…
astro-ph.CO2014★ 79 cited
High-Redshift Star Formation in a Time-Dependent Lyman-Werner Background
Eli Visbal, Zoltan Haiman, Bryan Terrazas +2
The first generation of stars produces a background of Lyman-Werner (LW) radiation which can photo-dissociate molecular hydrogen, increasing the mass of dark matter halos required…
astro-ph.CO2014★ 73 cited
H_2 Suppression with Shocking Inflows: Testing a Pathway for Supermassive Black Hole Formation
Ricardo Fernandez, Greg L. Bryan, Zoltan Haiman +1
The presence of quasars at redshifts z > 6 indicates the existence of supermassive black holes (SMBHs) as massive as a few times 10^9 Msun, challenging models for SMBH formation. O…