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Cosmic Textures and Global Monopoles as Seeds for Super-Massive Black Holes

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Pith's one-line read Global textures and global monopoles can seed supermassive black holes: for symmetry-breaking scales $G\eta^2 > 10^{-7.5}$ (textures) and $G\eta^2 > 10^{-8.5}$ (monopoles), their nonlinear seed abundance at redshift 20 and above exceeds…

desk verdict A clean analytic estimate that textures/monopoles could seed high-z SMBHs, but the quoted thresholds rest on an unverified seed-growth law. read the letter →

arxiv 1908.04585 v1 pith:CU3PEDR7 submitted 2019-08-13 astro-ph.CO gr-qchep-phhep-th

Robert Brandenberger , Hao Jiao (McGill , ETH Zuerich , USTC) This is my paper · ORCID
classification astro-ph.COgr-qchep-phhep-th
keywords cosmictexturesglobalmonopolessupermassiveblackholescosmologicalseedsstructureformationsymmetrybreakingscalenonlinearfluctuationsΛCDMcosmology
open problems Dark Matter
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This paper tries to establish that two types of topological defects—global textures and global monopoles—can generate enough nonlinear density fluctuations at redshifts 20 and above to seed the supermassive black holes observed in high-redshift galaxies, which standard $\Lambda$CDM with Gaussian fluctuations struggles to supply. It computes the comoving number density of nonlinear seeds as a function of redshift and finds that for symmetry-breaking scales $G\eta^2 > 10^{-7.5}$ (textures) and $G\eta^2 > 10^{-8.5}$ (monopoles), the defect seed abundance exceeds the standard-model prediction at the redshifts where seeds of $10^3\,M_\odot$ are needed. These scales sit below current cosmic microwave background bounds, so the mechanism is not already excluded. The result matters because it offers a way to ease the tension between high-redshift supermassive black hole observations and hierarchical structure formation without abandoning $\Lambda$CDM's basic framework.

What carries the argument

The load-bearing objects are global textures, point-like spacetime defects from a four-component scalar field that collapse and unwind, and global monopoles, point defects with gradient energy density $\rho(r)\sim \eta^2/r^2$. The working identity is that both configurations carry energy $E(r)=8\pi\eta^2 r$ inside radius $r$; setting $\delta\rho/\rho=1$ gives the nonlinear radius $r_{\rm nl}(t)=\sqrt{6}(G\eta^2)^{1/2}t$. The enclosed dark matter mass at formation, with growth after equality $M_{\rm seed}(t,t_f)=8\sqrt{6}\pi(G\eta^2)^{3/2}G^{-1}t_f(t_f/t_{\rm eq})^{1/2}(t/t_{\rm eq})^{2/3}$, combined with the defect formation rate $dn/dt_f = c\, t_f^{-5/2}t_0^{-2}t_{\rm eq}^{1/2}/16$, yields a mass function $dn/dM \propto M^{-2}$. Solving $M\,dn/dM = d_{\rm gal}^{-3}$ gives the seed mass whose abundance is one per galaxy as a function of redshift, which is compared with the $\Lambda$CDM curve.

What would settle it

Run a radiation-hydrodynamics simulation of a collapsing texture or global monopole with $G\eta^2 \sim 10^{-8}$ and test whether the nonlinear overdensity is gravitationally bound at formation and survives to matter-radiation equality; if it disperses or its mass is far below the value in Eq. (16), the claimed seed abundance does not follow.

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Core claim

The central discovery is that global textures and global monopoles, although neither directly forms a black hole, create nonlinear seed overdensities at early times whose comoving number density is sufficient to explain one supermassive black hole per galaxy. For textures the threshold is $G\eta^2 > 10^{-7.5}$, and for monopoles $G\eta^2 > 10^{-8.5}$: above these scales the defect seed abundance at $z \gtrsim 20$ exceeds that of standard Gaussian $\Lambda$CDM when seeds of order $10^3\,M_\odot$ (or $10^2\,M_\odot$ at $z \gtrsim 30$) are required to grow into $10^9\,M_\odot$ black holes by $z \sim 6.3$ under Eddington-limited accretion. The calculation relies on both defects having energy $E(r) \simeq 8\pi\eta^2 r$ inside radius $r$, which yields a nonlinear radius $r_{\rm nl} \sim (G\eta^2)^{1/2} t$ and a seed mass that begins to grow only after matter-radiation equality. The paper concludes that a small contribution of global defects to the primordial fluctuation spectrum can relieve the high-redshift supermassive black hole tension.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that the nonlinear overdensity created by a defect stays gravitationally bound and grows only after matter-radiation equality as $(t/t_{\rm eq})^{2/3}$; if it is not bound or is disrupted before $t_{\rm eq}$, the high-redshift seed masses are far smaller and the comparison to $\Lambda$CDM collapses.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • For $G\eta^2 > 10^{-7.5}$ (textures) and $G\eta^2 > 10^{-8.5}$ (monopoles), the number density of nonlinear seeds at redshifts $\gtrsim 20$ exceeds the standard Gaussian $\Lambda$CDM prediction.
  • At those scales, the defect seed masses are in the range required for one supermassive black hole per galaxy: about $1.4\times 10^6 M_\odot z^{-1}(G\eta^2)^{3/2}_6$ for textures and $4.4\times 10^7 M_\odot z^{-1}(G\eta^2)^{3/2}_6$ for monopoles.
  • The viable symmetry-breaking scales are below current cosmic microwave background bounds: $\eta < 6\times10^{16}\,\mathrm{GeV}$ for monopoles and $G\eta^2 < 4.5\times10^{-6}$ for textures, so the mechanism is not already ruled out.
  • Because defect-seed abundance falls as a power law with redshift while Gaussian predictions fall exponentially, the relative advantage of defect seeds grows toward higher redshifts.
  • Neither texture unwinding nor monopole formation directly produces a black hole; the seeds accrete matter after matter-radiation equality $t_{\rm eq}$, so the mechanism is a seed-supplement to, not a replacement for, standard $\Lambda$CDM structure formation.

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  • The same $c(G\eta^2)^{3/2}$ scaling implies that a future census of high-redshift black hole seeds could set a lower bound on the defect symmetry-breaking scale, complementing cosmic microwave background upper bounds.
  • If the $(t/t_{\rm eq})^{2/3}$ growth law is replaced by a realistic collapse treatment, the thresholds would shift; radiation-hydrodynamics simulations of texture and monopole collapse would test this directly.
  • The mechanism predicts a population of non-Gaussian nonlinear overdensities at $z\gtrsim 20$, roughly one per Hubble volume, which could be searched for in future 21-cm or cosmic microwave background observations as a statistical signature distinct from Gaussian primordial fluctuations.
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Summary. The paper estimates the abundance of nonlinear seed overdensities produced by global textures and global monopoles and asks whether these seeds could explain the one supermassive black hole per galaxy observed at high redshift. The authors derive a seed mass M_seed(t,t_f) from a nonlinear collapse radius and the dark-matter density in the radiation era, construct a comoving mass function using the defect formation probability c, and compute the mass M_s(z) at which defect seeds have one per galaxy. Comparing with the ΛCDM Gaussian prediction from their earlier paper, they conclude that for Gη² ≳ 10^-7.5 (textures) and Gη² ≳ 10^-8.5 (monopoles) defect seeds are more abundant than ΛCDM seeds at z ≳ 20, within existing CMB bounds, and thus may help alleviate the high-redshift SMBH tension. They stress that defect unwinding and monopoles do not directly form black holes but leave nonlinear seeds that could later accrete.

Significance. If the central estimates are correct, the paper provides a concrete, falsifiable defect-based route to high-redshift SMBH seeds: specific Gη² thresholds, analytic mass functions, and plots that can be compared with future observations. The strengths are the explicit closed-form chain from Eq. (14) to Eq. (23), the use of simulation-calibrated probabilities c for textures and monopoles, and the direct comparison with a ΛCDM model curve. However, because the bound-growth assumption in Eq. (16) and the normalization of the mass estimate are not yet established, the thresholds should currently be regarded as order-of-magnitude predictions rather than firm constraints.

major comments (2)
  1. [III, Eq. (16)] The growth law M_seed(t,t_f) ∝ (t/t_eq)^{2/3} after matter-radiation equality is asserted without derivation or numerical support. For textures, the unwinding event at s ≈ 0 (Eqs. 8–10) radiates the scalar-field energy away before t_eq; the dark matter receives an impulsive velocity kick and is then no longer confined by the texture potential. Whether the resulting overdensity remains gravitationally bound with a mass comparable to Eq. (14), or dissolves before t_eq, is the decisive question for the thresholds quoted in the Conclusions. If only a fraction f of Eq. (14) remains bound, the curves in Figs. 1–2 move downward and the lower bounds on Gη² shift upward. Please replace this assumption with a binding criterion or a simulation calibration, or add an explicit uncertainty band in the comparison.
  2. [III, Eqs. (13)–(14)] The normalizations entering M_seed are not derived. Setting δρ/ρ = 1 with the unwinding energy E(r) = 8πrη² (Eq. 10) and the radiation background ρ0 = 3/(32πGt²) gives r_nl = 8√π (Gη²)^{1/2} t, not the √6 (Gη²)^{1/2} t of Eq. (13); conversely, the dark-matter density quoted in Eq. (14), ρ_DM(t_f) = G^{-1} t_f^{-2} (t_f/t_eq)^{1/2}, is larger than the standard radiation-era matter density 3/(64πG) t_f^{-3/2} t_eq^{-1/2} by a factor of 64π/3. Since M_seed is the product of r_nl^3 and ρ_DM, these factors directly shift the curves in Figs. 1–2 and the inferred thresholds. Please show the full derivation or demonstrate insensitivity of the conclusions to these normalizations.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Abstract and Introduction] There are several typos: 'larger that' in the abstract, 'a redshifts greater than 6' in the Introduction, and 'The energy of the detects' in Section II should read 'defects'.
  2. [References] Reference [12] contains the typo 'fpr' instead of 'for'.
  3. [II, Eq. (8)] Equation (8) has a doubled comma after 'state'.
  4. [Figures 1–2] The ΛCDM curve is imported from reference [6] but is not defined in this paper; a sentence describing the model, the mass variance, and the threshold used to define the nonlinear seed mass would make the comparison self-contained.

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No circular reduction: defect seed abundance is computed from independent physics inputs, and the self-cited ΛCDM benchmark is an external standard comparison, not an input.

full rationale

The derivation chain is self-contained: the texture energy density profile (Eq. 7), the nonlinear radius (Eq. 13), the collapsed mass (Eq. 14), and the mass function (Eq. 21) are analytic estimates built on standard texture/monopole physics and on independent simulations for the formation probabilities c (Refs. [17,18]). The symmetry-breaking scale Gη² is scanned, not fitted to SMBH data, and the quoted thresholds (Gη² > 10^-7.5 for textures, Gη² > 10^-8.5 for monopoles) come from comparing the resulting seed-mass curves with a ΛCDM required-seed-mass benchmark. That benchmark is cited to the authors' earlier cosmic-string paper [6], a self-citation, but the ΛCDM curve is a standard, externally reproducible calculation of Eddington-limited seed requirements and does not embed any output or fitted parameter of the present paper. The statement in Eq. (16) that 'the seed mass can only start to grow at t_eq, after which it grows proportional to the scale factor' is an unverified dynamical assumption and a legitimate correctness concern, but it is not equivalent to the paper's inputs by construction. No prediction in the paper reduces to its inputs.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The calculation rests on standard defect scaling solutions, a simple nonlinear collapse criterion, and a power-law growth model for seed masses after matter-radiation equality. The symmetry breaking scale Gη² is the main free parameter, scanned over a range; the seed abundance scales with it. The c values come from external simulations. No new entities are introduced.

free parameters (2)
  • Gη² (symmetry breaking scale, dimensionless)
    Controls defect energy density and enters all seed mass and abundance formulas (Eq. 24). The paper scans over a range and determines lower bounds (10^-7.5 for textures, 10^-8.5 for monopoles) that provide sufficient seeds. This is a free parameter of the particle physics model, not fitted to data.
  • c (probability per Hubble volume) = 0.04 (textures), 1.2 (monopoles)
    Taken from numerical simulations (Spergel et al. 1991; Bennett & Rhie 1990). The seed abundance scales linearly with c, so the threshold Gη² values depend on c. No uncertainties are assigned.
assumptions (5)
  • domain assumption Global defect scaling solution: approximately one defect per Hubble volume at all times, with probability c for the relevant topology.
    Used in Eq. (20) to derive dn/dt_f. Standard in defect cosmology, supported by causality and simulations, but an assumption.
  • domain assumption The nonlinear overdensity condition δρ/ρ0 = 1 marks the seed boundary (Eq. 12).
    Simple threshold criterion; in reality gravitational collapse is gradual.
  • domain assumption Seed mass grows as (t/t_eq)^{2/3} after matter-radiation equality (Eq. 16).
    Assumes the seed is a bound object that accretes dark matter in proportion to the scale factor, with no growth during the radiation era. This drives the high-z abundance comparison.
  • standard math Standard Friedmann-Robertson-Walker background with radiation domination before t_eq.
    Standard cosmology assumption, stated in the introduction.
  • domain assumption Global symmetries are present in the low-energy effective field theory even if absent in the UV completion.
    The paper acknowledges that fundamental global symmetries likely violate quantum gravity (swampland) and invokes chiral-symmetry-like effective symmetries as a possible origin.

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We compute the number density of nonlinear seed fluctuations which have the right number density to be able to explain the presence of one supermassive black hole per galaxy, as a function of redshift. We find that there is an interesting range of symmetry breaking scales for which the density of seeds is larger that what is predicted in the standard cosmological model with Gaussian primordial fluctuations. Hence, global defects may help in light of the mounting tension between the standard cosmological model and observations of supermassive black hole candidates at high redshifts.

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Figure 1. FIG. 1: Global texture case: mass (vertical axis) of nonlinear objects which have comoving number density equal to the [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. FIG. 2: The same as in Figure 1, but in the case of global monopoles. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_2.png] view at source ↗

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