The ∞ Galaxy: A Candidate Direct-collapse Supermassive Black Hole between Two Massive, Ringed Nuclei
van Dokkum P, Brammer G, Baggen J, Keim M, Natarajan P, Pasha I. The ∞ Galaxy: A Candidate Direct-collapse Supermassive Black Hole between Two Massive, Ringed Nuclei. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2025, 988: l6. DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/addcfe.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSupermassive black holesGalaxy hostsBlack holeChandra X-ray dataRest-frame equivalent widthSupermassive black hole formationX-ray luminosityHead-on collisionKeck spectroscopyStellar massCollisional ringsCOSMOS fieldEquivalent widthBullet ClusterRadio dataDirect collapseGravitational collapseRadial velocityGalaxiesExcess emissionJWST imagesX-ray dataCompact nucleiNear-IR lightProminent rings
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