arXiv · astro-ph/0207493
Supermassive black holes in scalar field galaxy halos
Abstract
Ultra-light scalar fields provide an interesting alternative to WIMPS as halo dark matter. In this paper we consider the effect of embedding a supermassive black hole within such a halo, and estimate the absorption probability and the accretion rate of dark matter onto the black hole. We show that the accretion rate would be small over the lifetime of a typical halo, and hence that supermassive central black holes can coexist with scalar field halos.
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L. Arturo Urena-Lopez, Andrew R. Liddle. 2002-11-15. Supermassive black holes in scalar field galaxy halos. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.66.083005
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