Figure 13.
DCBH formation rate as a function of redshift for several halo masses and values of Jcrit. The formation rate is normalized to the comoving volume of the main halo, where the red, green, and blue lines are for halo masses of 1011 M⊙, 1012 M⊙, and 1013 M⊙, respectively. The solid, dashed, and dotted green lines show the numbers of DCBHs per redshift for Jcrit = 100, 200, 400, respectively. The comoving volume is calculated as the mass of the main halo Mh divided by the average cosmic density. In all these cases, we can form DCBHs during the assembly of the halo. A larger halo mass and a lower value of Jcrit facilitates the formation of a DCBH down to lower redshifts. In none of the cases can we form a DCBH at redshifts z < 7.3.