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Supercollapsars and their X-ray bursts

Supercollapsars and their X-ray bursts

The very first stars in the Universe can be very massive, up to $10^3M_\odot$. If born in large numbers, such massive stars can have strong impact on the subsequent star formation, producing strong ionising radiation and contaminating the primordial gas with heavy elements. They would leave behind massive black holes …