Pulsational Mass Loss from Supermassive Stars Creates the Compact Shells of Little Red Dots

Little Red Dots (LRDs) have emerged as one of the central puzzles of the JWST era. Their spectra increasingly require dense gas close to the source, yet the physical origin of that cocoon-like structure remains unclear. We examine whether late pulsational mass loss from supermassive stars (SMSs) lea...

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Main Authors:	Devesh Nandal, Igor V. Chilingarian, Chris Nagele, John Chisholm, Franz E. Bauer, Abraham Loeb
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	IOP Publishing 2026-01-01
Series:	The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:	Stellar evolutionary models Massive stars Early universe Stellar pulsations
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ae82f3
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