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Formation of the First Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe

In: High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Garching/Munich 2007

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  • Dominik Schleicher

    (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics/ZAH, Landessternwarte Heidelberg)

  • Max Camenzind

    (Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics/ZAH, Landessternwarte Heidelberg)

Abstract

To explain the formation of the first supermassive black holes in the universe, we present a scenario based on direct collapse of baryonic gas in massive halos at high redshift. We test this scenario with the adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) code Enzo using the computational facilities of the LRZ. We have performed first simulations on the direct collapse problem which demonstrate that such an AMR code can be successfully used to examine this collapse. Based on these results, we plan to resolve collapse to smaller scales and include deuterium chemistry, as the HD molecule gives important cooling contributions at the temperatures found in our simulation. Understanding black hole formation in the early universe will help to predict the evolution of the black hole population and lead to more accurate predictions for the gravitational wave interferometer LISA.

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  • Dominik Schleicher & Max Camenzind, 2009. "Formation of the First Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe," Springer Books, in: Siegfried Wagner & Matthias Steinmetz & Arndt Bode & Matthias Brehm (ed.), High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Garching/Munich 2007, pages 65-77, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-540-69182-2_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69182-2_6
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