New Model Explains the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes in the Very Early Universe (IMAGE)

University of Helsinki

New Model Explains the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes in the Very Early Universe

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An artist impression depicting the formation of a supermassive black hole with a mass of tens of thousands of solar masses in close proximity to a protogalaxy. The primordial black hole is surrounded by an accretion disk and it has launched two symmetrical jets, whereas a large cluster of bright massive stars can be seen in the protogalaxy. The picture depicts the simulation at redshift z=24 corresponding to about 140 million years after the Big Bang.

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Credit: J. Wise (Georgia Tech) & J. Regan (Dublin City).

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