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Little Red Dots are Direct-collapse Black Hole–forming Galaxies

  • Authors: Daniel J. Whalen, Muhammad A. Latif, Konstantinos Topalakis, Fergus Cullen, Devesh Nandal, Sadegh Khochfar

Daniel J. Whalen et al 2026 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1011 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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The compact massive stellar cluster enclosing a DCBH in its host halo at z =  12.7 from the Enzo simulation in M. A. Latif et al. (2026). The stellar mass is 1.2 × 108M⊙, the great majority of which is due to chemically enriched Pop II stars. Purple dots mark the positions of small Pop II star particles, which are mostly clustered within a 150 pc radius, and the black spot shows the position of the DCBH.

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