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阻尼莱曼α系统中的第一颗恒星

First stars in Damped Lyman Alpha systems

Stefania Salvadori, Andrea Ferrara

摘要:

为了表征阻尼莱曼阿尔法系统(DLAs)潜在的主机第一恒星,我们提出了一种新的方法来调查DLAs在银河系(MW)形成的背景下,随着它们与最贫金属的恒星和本地矮球状(dSPH)星系的连接。将已有的合并树方法推广到非均匀再电离和金属混合,并通过匹配星系晕的金属丰度分布函数和dSph星系的Fe-光度关系进行了验证.该模型解释了DLAs的NHI-Fe关系以及[Fe/H] < -2体系的化学丰度。在这张照片中,最近发现的z_abs ~ 2.34 C增强的DLA(Cooke et al. 2011 a)属于一类新的吸收体,它承载着第一颗恒星和第二代长寿的低质量恒星。这些“PopIII DLAs”是Mh ~ 10^7 Msun的H2冷却微晕的后代,在MW环境的中性原始区域中,在z > 8时发生维里化,并在恒星形成的初始阶段很短的时间内被动地演化。在这些系统中的气体是温暖的Tg \sim(40-1000)K,并且由长寿命的、极端贫金属的恒星(总质量为M* \sim 10^{2-4} Msun)强烈富集C。

英文摘要:

In order to characterize Damped Lyman Alpha systems (DLAs) potentially hosting first stars, we present a novel approach to investigate DLAs in the context of Milky Way (MW) formation, along with their connection with the most metal-poor stars and local dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies. The merger tree method previously developed is extended to include inhomogeneous reionization and metal mixing, and it is validated by matching both the Metallicity Distribution Function of Galactic halo stars and the Fe-Luminosity relation of dSph galaxies. The model explains the observed NHI-Fe relation of DLAs along with the chemical abundances of [Fe/H] < -2 systems. In this picture, the recently discovered z_abs ~ 2.34 C-enhanced DLA (Cooke et al. 2011a), pertains to a new class of absorbers hosting first stars along with second-generation long-living low-mass stars. These "PopIII DLAs" are the descendants of H2-cooling minihalos with Mh ~ 10^7 Msun, that virialize at z > 8 in neutral, primordial regions of the MW environment and passively evolve after a short initial period of star formation. The gas in these systems is warm Tg \sim (40-1000) K, and strongly C-enriched by long-living, extremely metal-poor stars of total mass M* \sim 10^{2-4} Msun.

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