Today, Qi Ge successfully defended his thesis, "On the Effect of Lyman Alpha Trapping during the Initial Collapse of Massive Black Hole Seeds".  You can find most of his results in this paper. He'll be starting as a software research scientist at a Chinese startup that specializes in self-driving cars.  In particular, he'll … Continue Reading ››

Last week we submitted a paper (arXiv) on simulating the direct gaseous collapse into a massive black hole, led by Osaka postdoc Kazem Ardaneh. This work is a companion to an earlier paper led by Yang Luo, a postdoc at the University of Kentucky and Osaka.  It provides more realistic conditions … Continue Reading ››