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direct collapse black hole: a standalone construct

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Astrophysics

a proposed route to supermassive black hole seeds in which pristine gas in early halos collapses straight to a massive black hole without fragmenting into stars.

In astrophysics, direct collapse black hole refers to a proposed route to supermassive black hole seeds in which pristine gas in early halos collapses straight to a massive black hole without fragmenting into stars. This meaning comes from Bromm (2003) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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  1. Bromm, V., & Loeb, A. (2003). Formation of the First Supermassive Black Holes. The Astrophysical Journal, 596(1), 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1086/377529

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