 Direct-collapse black-hole seed (source code)

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= Direct-collapse black-hole seed
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A direct-collapse black-hole seed forms when rapidly inflowing primordial gas avoids fragmentation, builds a supermassive star or quasistar, and collapses to a seed of roughly $10^4$--$10^6M_\odot$.

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