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Role of primordial black holes in the direct collapse scenario of supermassive black hole formation at high redshifts

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dc.contributor.author Pandey, Kanhaiya L
dc.contributor.author Mangalam, A
dc.date.accessioned 2020-11-17T14:30:44Z
dc.date.available 2020-11-17T14:30:44Z
dc.date.issued 2018-02
dc.identifier.citation Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Vol. 39, No. 1, 9 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0250-6335
dc.identifier.uri http://prints.iiap.res.in/handle/2248/7166
dc.description Open Access © Indian Academy of Sciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-018-9513-x en_US
dc.description.abstract In this paper, we explore the possibility of accreting primordial black holes as the source of heating for the collapsing gas in the context of the direct collapse black hole scenario for the formation of super-massive black holes (SMBHs) at high redshifts, z ∼ 6–7. One of the essential requirements for the direct collapse model to work is to maintain the temperature of the in-falling gas at ≈104 K. We show that even under the existing abundance limits, the primordial black holes of masses 10−2 M , can heat the collapsing gas to an extent that the H2 formation is inhibited. The collapsing gas can maintain its temperature at 104 K till the gas reaches a critical density nc ≈ 103 cm−3, at which the roto-vibrational states of H2 approaches local thermodynamic equilibrium and H2 cooling becomes inefficient. In the absence of H2 cooling, the temperature of the collapsing gas stays at ≈104 K even as it collapses further. We discuss scenarios of subsequent angular momentum removal and the route to find collapse through either a supermassive star or a supermassive disk. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Indian Academy of Sciences en_US
dc.subject Cosmology: theory en_US
dc.subject Cosmology: dark ages, reionization, first stars en_US
dc.subject Quasars: supermassive black holes en_US
dc.title Role of primordial black holes in the direct collapse scenario of supermassive black hole formation at high redshifts en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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