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连接Local Group中第一个星系和超暗矮星:~ III星族星的化学特征

Connecting the first galaxies with ultra faint dwarfs in the Local Group: chemical signatures of Population~III stars

Myoungwon Jeon, Gurtina Besla, Volker Bromm

摘要:

我们研究了孤立的本星系群超暗矮星系(UFD;恒星质量范围为10^2太阳质量< M_star <10^5太阳质量)和富含气体的低质量矮星(Leo P类似物;恒星质量范围为10^5太阳质量< M_star <10^6太阳质量)的恒星形成历史和化学演化。我们进行了一套宇宙流体动力学放大模拟,以跟踪它们从第一代恒星时代到z=0的演化。我们确认,再电离,结合超新星(SN)的反馈,是主要负责截断恒星形成的UFD。具体来说,维里质量M_vir < 2 x 10^9太阳质量的晕在再电离前形成了> 90%的恒星。我们的工作进一步证明了第三星族(Pop~III)星在产生低金属丰度星($\rm [Fe/H]\lesssim-4$)和碳增强贫金属星(CEMP)方面的重要性,这些星具有固有的高$\rm [C/Fe]$产额和相关的外部金属富集。我们发现UFD是一个复合系统,由多个祖先晕组装而成,其中一些仅容纳在邻近晕中SNe外部富集的环境中形成的PopII星,自然产生金属丰度极低的PopII星。我们说明了如何模拟化学富集可用于约束恒星形成历史(SFHS)的真实观测UFD。我们发现Leo P类似物可以形成晕,M_vir ~ 4 x 10^9太阳质量(z=0)。这样的系统受再电离的影响较小,并继续形成恒星,直到z=0,导致更高的金属丰度尾。最后,我们预测在LG UFD星系中存在极低金属丰度的恒星,它们保留了Pop~III核合成的纯化学特征。

英文摘要:

We investigate the star formation history and chemical evolution of isolated analogues of Local Group (LG) ultra faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs; stellar mass range of 10^2 solar mass < M_star <10^5 solar mass) and gas rich, low mass dwarfs (Leo P analogs; stellar mass range of 10^5 solar mass < M_star <10^6 solar mass). We perform a suite of cosmological hydrodynamic zoom-in simulations to follow their evolution from the era of the first generation of stars down to z=0. We confirm that reionization, combined with supernova (SN) feedback, is primarily responsible for the truncated star formation in UFDs. Specifically, haloes with a virial mass of M_vir < 2 x 10^9 solar mass form> 90\% of stars prior to reionization. Our work further demonstrates the importance of Population~III (Pop~III) stars, with their intrinsically high $\rm [C/Fe]$ yields, and the associated external metal-enrichment, in producing low-metallicity stars ($\rm [Fe/H]\lesssim-4$) and carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars. We find that UFDs are composite systems, assembled from multiple progenitor haloes, some of which hosted only Population~II (Pop~II) stars formed in environments externally enriched by SNe in neighboring haloes, naturally producing, extremely low-metallicity Pop~II stars. We illustrate how the simulated chemical enrichment may be used to constrain the star formation histories (SFHs) of true observed UFDs. We find that Leo P analogs can form in haloes with M_vir ~ 4 x 10^9 solar mass (z=0). Such systems are less affected by reionization and continue to form stars until z=0, causing higher metallicity tails. Finally, we predict the existence of extremely low-metallicity stars in LG UFD galaxies that preserve the pure chemical signatures of Pop~III nucleosynthesis.

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