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astro-ph.CO2014★ 146 cited
Supermassive Black Holes from Ultra-Strongly Self-Interacting Dark Matter
Jason Pollack, David N. Spergel, Paul J. Steinhardt
We consider the cosmological consequences if a small fraction () of the dark matter is ultra-strongly self-interacting, with an elastic self-interaction cross-sectio…
hep-th2014★ 8 cited
De Sitter Space Without Dynamical Quantum Fluctuations
Kimberly K. Boddy, Sean M. Carroll, Jason Pollack
We argue that, under certain plausible assumptions, de Sitter space settles into a quiescent vacuum in which there are no dynamical quantum fluctuations. Such fluctuations require…