Revisiting the Claim for a Direct-Collapse Black Hole in UHZ1 at z=10.05

arXiv:2603.24893 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-03-26 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-03-26

Updated: 2026-08-31

Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• AGN — 41× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 14× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture Photometry — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Metallicity — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Degeneracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Gravitational Lensing — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• PRISMS. UNCOVER-26185, a metal-poor SFG at z=10.05 with no evidence for a X-ray-luminous AGN
• The Little Red Dots Are Direct Collapse Black Holes

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