Direct-collapse supermassive black holes from ultralight dark matter
We study the possibility that parametric resonant excitation of photons in an ultralight dark matter halo could generate the required flux of Lyman-Werner photons to allow the direct collapse formation of supermassive black hole seeds.
Authors
- Robert Brandenberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7194-5691)
- Vahid Kamali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2158-9742)
- Hao Jiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2092-9693)
Institutions
- Bu-Ali Sina University (IR)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/9jm1-ss4t
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.74
Funders
- Canada Research Chairs
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada