Supermassive black hole formation by cold accretion shocks in the first galaxies

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The First Galaxies

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Effect of cosmic ray/X-ray ionization on supermassive black hole formation

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A luminous quasar at a redshift of z = 7.085

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Protostellar Feedback Halts the Growth of the First Stars in the Universe

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FRAGMENTATION IN THE FIRST GALAXIES

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Direct formation of supermassive black holes via multi-scale gas inflows in galaxy mergers

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ACCRETION ONTO THE FIRST STELLAR-MASS BLACK HOLES

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The formation of compact massive self-gravitating discs in metal-free haloes with virial temperatures of ∼13 000-30 000 K

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Pathways to massive black holes and compact star clusters in pre-galactic dark matter haloes with virial temperatures ≳10 000 K

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Supermassive black hole formation by direct collapse: keeping protogalactic gas H2free in dark matter haloes with virial temperaturesTvir>rsim 104K

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Cold streams in early massive hot haloes as the main mode of galaxy formation

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Can Supermassive Black Holes Form in Metal‐enriched High‐Redshift Protogalaxies?

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Fluctuations in the high-redshift Lyman-Werner background: close halo pairs as the origin of supermassive black holes

(2008) Mark Dijkstra et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

The first galaxies: assembly, cooling and the onset of turbulence

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