While large numbers of supermassive black holes have been detected at z> 6, their origin is
still essentially unclear. Numerical simulations have shown that the conditions for the …

Magnetic fields play an important role in the dynamics of present-day molecular clouds.
Recent work has shown that magnetic fields are equally important for primordial clouds …

Magnetic fields are expected to be efficiently amplified during the formation of the first
massive black holes via the small-scale dynamo and in the presence of strong accretion …

We present the first cosmological simulations of primordial magnetic fields derived from the
constraints by the Cosmic Microwave Background observations, based on the fields' …

Context. The potential importance of magnetic fields during structure formation and
gravitational collapse in the early Universe has been shown in several studies. In particular …

Direct collapse black holes are the leading candidates for the origin of the first supermassive
black holes. However, the role of magnetic fields during their formation is still unclear as …

Numerical simulations have shown the occurrence of a scenario termed 'supercompetitive
accretion', a term that describes a situation where only the central few objects grow …

The origin of supermassive black holes (with≳ 10 9 M⊙) in the early universe (redshift z∼
7) remains poorly understood. Gravitational collapse of a massive primordial gas cloud is a …

The formation of massive objects via gravitational collapse is relevant both for explaining the
origin of the first supermassive black holes and in the context of massive star formation …

Context. In massive objects, such as galaxy clusters, the turbulent velocity dispersion, σ turb,
is tightly correlated to both the object mass, M, and the thermal energy. Aims. Here, we …