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暗物质晕合并作为低质量星族III星形成的肥沃环境

Dark-matter halo mergers as a fertile environment for low-mass Population III star formation

S. Bovino, M. A. Latif, T. Grassi, D. R. G. Schleicher

摘要:

虽然第三星族恒星通常被认为是大质量的,但当气体的冷却特别增强时,可能存在通往低质量Pop III恒星的路径。一个可能的途径是在暗物质晕合并过程中增强HD冷却。合并可以导致高电离度,催化HD分子的形成,并且可以将气体冷却到宇宙微波背景(CMB)温度。在本文中,我们调查合并的质量为几个10 $^5$ M $_\odot$的迷你晕,并探讨这种情况下的可行性。我们进行了三维宇宙流体动力学计算与ENZO代码,解决了热和化学演化的气体采用天体化学包KROME。我们的研究结果表明,HD的丰度增加了两个数量级相比,没有合并的情况下,晕冷却到$\sim$ 60 K触发碎裂。根据金斯的估计,预期的恒星质量约为10 M $_\odot$。我们的研究结果表明,合并的情况下是一个潜在的途径,形成低质量的恒星。

英文摘要:

While Population III stars are typically thought to be massive, pathways towards lower-mass Pop III stars may exist when the cooling of the gas is particularly enhanced. A possible route is enhanced HD cooling during the merging of dark-matter halos. The mergers can lead to a high ionization degree catalysing the formation of HD molecules and may cool the gas down to the cosmic microwave background (CMB) temperature. In this paper, we investigate the merging of mini-halos with masses of a few 10$^5$ M$_\odot$ and explore the feasibility of this scenario. We have performed three-dimensional cosmological hydrodynamics calculations with the ENZO code, solving the thermal and chemical evolution of the gas by employing the astrochemistry package KROME. Our results show that the HD abundance is increased by two orders of magnitude compared to the no-merging case and the halo cools down to $\sim$60 K triggering fragmentation. Based on Jeans estimates the expected stellar masses are about 10 M$_\odot$. Our findings show that the merging scenario is a potential pathway for the formation of low-mass stars.

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