Low-mass black holes as the remnants of primordial black hole formation

Jenny E. Greene

doi:10.1038/ncomms2314

Low-mass black holes as the remnants of primordial black hole formation

Jenny E. Greene

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Abstract

Bridging the gap between the approximately ten solar mass 'stellar mass' black holes and the 'supermassive' black holes of millions to billions of solar masses are the elusive 'intermediate-mass' black holes. Their discovery is key to understanding whether supermassive black holes can grow from stellar-mass black holes or whether a more exotic process accelerated their growth soon after the Big Bang. Currently, tentative evidence suggests that the progenitors of supermassive black holes were formed as ∼10 4 -10 5 M âŠ™ black holes via the direct collapse of gas. Ongoing searches for intermediate-mass black holes at galaxy centres will help shed light on this formation mechanism.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1304
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2314
State	Published - 2012

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