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Michael J. Cai

1 articles · 2 co-authors · latest: 2026-06-28

Cosmic Fountain: How Shock Waves Control the Growth of Black Holes

The James Webb Telescope discovered supermassive black holes in the early Universe that grew too fast for classical models. A new work finds exact solutions of general relativity for shock waves accompanying direct collapse of a gas cloud. The wave can accelerate to 40% of the speed of light, and en
arXiv:2606.29607 · 2026-06-28