Santarelli, Andrew D. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4394-3366
Campbell, Claire B. https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5773-3531
Farag, Ebraheem https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5794-4286
Bellinger, Earl P. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4456-4863
Natarajan, Priyamvada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5554-8896
Caplan, Matthew E. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2122-5606
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Corporation for Science Advancement (CS-CSA-2023-139)
Simons Foundation (MP-SCMPS-00001470)
National Science Foundation (PHY-1748958)
Article Title: MESA-QUEST: Tracing the Formation of Direct Collapse Black Hole Seeds via Quasi-stars
Journal Title: The Astrophysical Journal
Article Type: paper
Copyright Information: © 2026. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
Publication dates
Date Received: 2025-10-13
Date Accepted: 2026-01-08
Online publication date: 2026-02-06