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astro-ph2006★ 205 cited
Quasars at z=6: the survival of the fittest
M. Volonteri, M. J. Rees
The Sloan Digital Sky survey detected luminous quasars at very high redshift, z>6. Follow-up observations indicated that at least some of these quasars are powered by supermassive…
astro-ph2006★ 857 cited
Formation of Supermassive Black Holes by Direct Collapse in Pregalactic Halos
Mitchell C. Begelman, Marta Volonteri, Martin J. Rees
We describe a mechanism by which supermassive black holes can form directly in the nuclei of protogalaxies, without the need for seed black holes left over from early star formatio…