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  bibo_abstract:
  - Little Red Dots (LRDs), among the most enigmatic high-redshift discoveries by
    JWST, are commonly believed to be powered by accreting supermassive black holes.
    Here, we explore the possibility that these sources are globular clusters in formation,
    with rest-frame UV arising from a very young stellar population and rest-frame
    optical from a short-lived supermassive (>104 M⊙) star. The spectral profiles
    of LRDs are broadly consistent with this scenario, though the observed temperatures
    and bolometric luminosities favor emission reprocessed by optically thick continuum-driven
    winds not fully captured by current models. The LRD z ∼ 5−7 UV luminosity function
    naturally evolves, under standard evolutionary and mass-loss prescriptions, into
    a present-day mass function with a turnover at log10(M*/M⊙) = 5.3 and an exponential
    cutoff at high masses, consistent with local globular cluster populations. We
    estimate the total present-day number density of LRDs formed across all redshifts
    to be ≈0.3 Mpc−3, similar within uncertainties to local globular clusters. The
    observed LRD redshift range matches the age distribution of metal-poor globular
    clusters, without current LRD counterparts to the metal-rich population. If LRDs
    are globular clusters in formation, we predict chemical abundance patterns characteristic
    of multiple stellar populations, including enhanced He and N, and potential Na–O
    and Al–Mg anticorrelations. These results offer a local perspective to explore
    this surprisingly abundant population of distant sources, and a potential new
    window into extreme stellar astrophysics in the early Universe.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: John
      foaf_name: Chisholm, John
      foaf_surname: Chisholm
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Danielle A.
      foaf_name: Berg, Danielle A.
      foaf_surname: Berg
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Michael
      foaf_name: Boylan-Kolchin, Michael
      foaf_surname: Boylan-Kolchin
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Anna
      foaf_name: De Graaff, Anna
      foaf_surname: De Graaff
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Lukas J.
      foaf_name: Furtak, Lukas J.
      foaf_surname: Furtak
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Vasily
      foaf_name: Kokorev, Vasily
      foaf_surname: Kokorev
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jorryt J
      foaf_name: Matthee, Jorryt J
      foaf_surname: Matthee
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=7439a258-f3c0-11ec-9501-9df22fe06720
    orcid: 0000-0003-2871-127X
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Julian B.
      foaf_name: Muñoz, Julian B.
      foaf_surname: Muñoz
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Rohan P.
      foaf_name: Naidu, Rohan P.
      foaf_surname: Naidu
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Andreas A.C.
      foaf_name: Sander, Andreas A.C.
      foaf_surname: Sander
  bibo_doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae6dae
  bibo_issue: '1'
  bibo_volume: 1004
  dct_date: 2026^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/2041-8205
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/2041-8213
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: IOP Publishing@
  dct_title: Little Red Dots as globular clusters in formation@
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