Abstract
The recent discovery of a distortion in the 3K spectrum of the black-body background cosmic radiation has led to suggestions that a part or even all of the radiation was generated by pregalactic supermassive stars. A general upper limit on the mass of a cluster of these objects and the entropy of the radiation produced by them is obtained.
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Sivaram, C. A general upper limit on the mass and entropy production of a cluster of supermassive objects. Astrophys Space Sci 86, 501–504 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00683354
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