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在λ CDM宇宙中的星族III恒星形成,II:光离解背景的影响

Population III star formation in a Lambda CDM universe, II: Effects of a photodissociating background

Brian W. O'Shea, Michael L. Norman

摘要:

我们研究了在分子氢离解紫外背景下原始恒星形成的各个方面。我们比较了一组AMR流体动力学宇宙学模拟使用一个单一的宇宙学实现,但在莱曼-沃纳带的紫外线背景强度的范围。这使我们能够研究莱曼-维尔纳辐射对抑制低密度下H2冷却的影响,以及在自洽宇宙学框架中坍缩核心的高密度演化。我们发现,光离解背景的增加导致在模拟中最大质量的晕中心的高密度气体的坍缩延迟,因此,在重子坍缩开始时,这个晕的维里质量增加。我们发现,与以前的结果相反,人口III恒星的形成是不抑制J $_{21} \geq 0.1$,但即使发生与背景高达J $_{21} = 1$。我们发现,尽管由于在$T=2-5 \times 10^3$ K下H2冷却速率的提高,降低了核心分子氢分数,但H2冷却导致坍缩。我们观察到的光离解背景的强度和吸积到不断发展的原恒星云核的速率之间的关系,与更高的LW背景通量导致更高的吸积率。最后,我们发现,在我们的模拟塌缩晕核心不碎片密度低于$n \sim 10^{10}$厘米$^{-3}$无论强度的LW背景,这表明第三族恒星形成的晕与T $_{vir} \sim 10^4$ K可能仍然形成隔离。

英文摘要:

We examine aspects of primordial star formation in the presence of a molecular hydrogen-dissociating ultraviolet background. We compare a set of AMR hydrodynamic cosmological simulations using a single cosmological realization but with a range of ultraviolet background strengths in the Lyman-Werner band. This allows us to study the effects of Lyman-Werner radiation on suppressing H2 cooling at low densities as well as the high-density evolution of the collapsing core in a self-consistent cosmological framework. We find that the addition of a photodissociating background results in a delay of the collapse of high density gas at the center of the most massive halo in the simulation and, as a result, an increase in the virial mass of this halo at the onset of baryon collapse. We find that, contrary to previous results, Population III star formation is not suppressed for J$_{21} \geq 0.1$, but occurs even with backgrounds as high as J$_{21} = 1$. We find that H2 cooling leads to collapse despite the depressed core molecular hydrogen fractions due to the elevated H2 cooling rates at $T=2-5 \times 10^3$ K. We observe a relationship between the strength of the photodissociating background and the rate of accretion onto the evolving protostellar cloud core, with higher LW background fluxes resulting in higher accretion rates. Finally, we find that the collapsing halo cores in our simulations do not fragment at densities below $n \sim 10^{10}$ cm$^{-3}$ regardless of the strength of the LW background, suggesting that Population III stars forming in halos with T$_{vir} \sim 10^4$ K may still form in isolation.

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