Supersonic gas streams enhance the formation of massive black holes in the early universe

DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.AAI9119zbMATH Open1404.85010arXiv1709.09863OpenAlexW2757333986WikidataQ42696693 ScholiaQ42696693MaRDI QIDQ4645984FDOQ4645984

Authors: Shingo Hirano, Takashi Hosokawa, Naoki Yoshida, Rolf Kuiper 

Publication date: 11 January 2019

Published in: Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The origin of super-massive black holes in the early universe remains poorly understood.Gravitational collapse of a massive primordial gas cloud is a promising initial process,but theoretical studies have difficulty growing the black hole fast enough.We report numerical simulations of early black hole formation starting from realistic cosmological conditions.Supersonic gas motions left over from the Big Bang prevent early gas cloud formation until rapid gas condensation is triggered in a proto-galactic halo. A protostar is formed in the dense, turbulent gas cloud, and it grows by sporadic mass accretion until it acquires 34,000 solar masses.The massive star ends its life with a catastrophic collapse to leave a black hole -- a promising seed for the formation of a monstrous black hole.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.09863

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar dynamics (85A05) Black holes (83C57) Supersonic flows (76J20) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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