The Blowtorch Theory: A new model for structure formation in the universe

Re:The Blowtorch Theory: A new model for structure formation... by sesm on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @12:55PM (#44118058)

> What’s novel in my theory is the idea that all the supermassive black holes must form first, by direct collapse – before galaxies

That's not novel. In quantum cosmology there are theories where primordial black holes appeared as fluctuations of some quantum field. In cyclical universe models primordial black holes are leftovers from previous cycle.

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Re:The Blowtorch Theory: A new model for structure formation... by minitoar on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @01:23PM (#44118388)

Are primordial black holes supermassive?

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Re:The Blowtorch Theory: A new model for structure formation... by Kbelicius on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:35PM (#44119174)

Don't know anything about the topic but saw you downvoted for asking a question so went down the rabbit hole. Turns out that no, primordial black holes aren't supermassive. In fact one could call them superlight since they could be the size of an atom.

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Re:The Blowtorch Theory: A new model for structure formation... by minitoar on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:57PM (#44119427)

Yeah I think I was downvoted because that’s fairly well known in cosmology and is a refutation of the parent comment.

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