First detection of direct collapse black holes?

[Chronos]

This paper;http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.01733, Detecting Direct Collapse Black Holes: making the case for CR7, announce potential detection of a direct collapse black hole. Such a detection would shed light on questions such as the origins of SMBH and galaxies in the early universe.

 

[marcus]

Have to say the idea of direct collapse BH is new to me, and sounds very interesting. somehow way back in denser times (they say z ~ 20) clouds of gas could be so massive and dense that they might occasionally collapse directly to BH without first going thru the lifetime of a star. Fascinating. Let's see if the observations are confirmed. Check back later to see if other astronomers cite this paper, and what they say.

 

[Chronos]

Agreed. That's the point of ? at the end of the OP topic.