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from Fernando Becerra
Seeds of massive black holes can be formed in the early Universe as the result of the direct collapse of primordial atomic cooling halos. After the initial formation of a protostar (see vimeo.com/268835916), the gas around it settles into a disk, which then fragments into spiral arms and secondary protostars later on. At the end of the simulation we can distinguish a protostellar system, where the central protostar eventually grows until it becomes a massive black hole seed. For more information, you can watch the talk I gave at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (link below).
Publications: arxiv.org/abs/1409.3572 arxiv.org/abs/1702.03941 arxiv.org/abs/1804.06413
Articles: cfa.harvard.edu/news/su201503 media.inaf.it/2015/01/20/come-hanno-origine-i-buchi-neri-supermassicci/
Talk: youtube.com/watch?v=qZ8yIgUyitY
Contact: fernandobecerra.com
