Primordial Origins of Supermassive Black Holes

Authors

William Black, Brigham Young University
David Neilson, Brigham Young University

Keywords

supermassive black holes, Sagittarius, galaxy

College

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Abstract

At the center of the Milky Way sits a supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A*1, which is over a million times the mass of our sun. Other galaxy centers host similar black holes which are up to thousands of times larger than even Sagittarius A*. Some of these giants have been sighted in the very early universe (700 million years after the Big Bang is still relatively early in the universe—it’s now been nearly 14 billion years!).

Recommended Citation

Black, William and Neilson, David (2019) "Primordial Origins of Supermassive Black Holes," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2019: Iss. 2019, Article 158.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2019/iss2019/158