The Ashes of Supermassive Stars: Globular Cluster-like Aluminum Enhancement in Little Red Dots

arXiv:2609.09271 · astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-09-08 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-09-08

Updated: 2026-09-08

Comments: Submitted. 19 pages. 14 figures. 2 tables

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

Terminology

• Abundance — 5× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Little Red Dots — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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