Positive or Negative? The Impact of X-ray Feedback on the Formation of
  Direct Collapse Black Hole Seeds
  A nearby source of Lyman-Werner (LW) photons is thought to be a central
component in dissociating H$_2$ and allowing for the formation of a direct
collapse black hole seed. Nearby sources are also expected to produce copious
amounts of hydrogen ionising photons and X-ray photons. We study here the
feedback effects of the X-ray photons by including a spectrum due to high-mass
X-ray binaries on top of a galaxy with a stellar spectrum. We explicitly trace
photon packages emerging from the nearby source and track the radiative and
chemical effects of the multi-frequency source $(E_{\rm photon} = \rm{0.76\ eV
\rightarrow 7500\ eV}$). We find that X-rays have a strongly negative feedback
effect, compared to a stellar only source, when the radiative source is placed
at a separation greater than $\gtrsim 1 \ \rm kpc$. The X-rays heat the low and
medium density gas in the envelope surrounding the collapsing halo suppressing
the mass inflow. The result is a smaller enclosed mass compared to the stellar
only case. However, for separations of $\lesssim 1 \ \rm kpc$, the feedback
effects of the X-rays becomes somewhat neutral. The enhanced LW intensity at
close separations dissociates more H$_2$ and this gas is heated due to stellar
photons alone, the addition of X-rays is then not significant. This distance
dependence of X-ray feedback suggests that a Goldilocks zone exists close to a
forming galaxy where X-ray photons have a much smaller negative feedback effect
and ideal conditions exist for creating massive black hole seeds.
