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大型宇宙学模拟中的星族III恒星形成I。Halo时间和物理环境

Population III Star Formation In Large Cosmological Simulations I. Halo Temporal and Physical Environment

Brian D. Crosby, Brian W. O'Shea, Britton D. Smith, Matthew J. Turk, Oliver Hahn

摘要:

我们提出了一个半分析,计算成本低的模型,以确定能够形成一个第三人口的恒星在宇宙学模拟在广泛的时间和环境的晕。这使得一个更完整和代表性的星族III恒星形成晕的集合被构建,这将导致星族III恒星形成模拟,更准确地反映星族III恒星的多样性,无论是在时间和晕质量。这个模型显示,在宇宙学模拟中,第三星族恒星和化学富集恒星在第一代恒星形成之后共存,直到至少z = 10,并且很可能超过,尽管第三星族恒星的形成速率比z=10的化学富集恒星低4-6个数量级。超过40,000个第三星族形成晕的候选星表被确定,形成时间从z=30到z=10不等,质量从2.3x10^5太阳质量到1.2x10^10太阳质量不等。在早期,星族III恒星形成的环境与化学富集恒星形成的晕非常相似。在稍后的时间,第三星族恒星被发现形成于低密度区域,由于该区域缺乏以前的恒星形成,这些区域尚未受到化学污染。第三星族恒星形成晕在以后的时间里变得越来越空间孤立,并且通常更接近于承载化学富集恒星形成的晕,而不是另一个承载第三星族恒星形成的晕。

英文摘要:

We present a semi-analytic, computationally inexpensive model to identify halos capable of forming a Population III star in cosmological simulations across a wide range of times and environments. This allows for a much more complete and representative set of Population III star forming halos to be constructed, which will lead to Population III star formation simulations that more accurately reflect the diversity of Population III stars, both in time and halo mass. This model shows that Population III and chemically enriched stars coexist beyond the formation of the first generation of stars in a cosmological simulation until at least z~10, and likely beyond, though Population III stars form at rates that are 4-6 orders of magnitude lower than chemically enriched stars by z=10. A catalog of more than 40,000 candidate Population III forming halos were identified, with formation times temporally ranging from z=30 to z=10, and ranging in mass from 2.3x10^5 M_sun to 1.2x10^10 M_sun. At early times, the environment that Population III stars form in is very similar to that of halos hosting chemically enriched star formation. At later times Population III stars are found to form in low-density regions that are not yet chemically polluted due to a lack of previous star formation in the area. Population III star forming halos become increasingly spatially isolated from one another at later times, and are generally closer to halos hosting chemically enriched star formation than to another halo hosting Population III star formation by z~10.

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