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在 JWST 与 Roman 时代通过潮汐瓦解事件探测第三星族恒星

Detecting Population III Stars through Tidal Disruption Events in the Era of JWST and Roman

Rudrani Kar Chowdhury, Janet N. Y. Chang, Lixin Dai, Priyamvada Natarajan

AI总结:

本文提出利用大质量黑洞导致的 Pop III 恒星潮汐瓦解事件进行探测,建模其 z~10 时的辐射与发生率,表明 JWST 和 Roman 可在红外波段发现此类暂现源,Roman 每年或可探测数十例。

摘要:

第一代无金属恒星被称为第三星族(Pop III)恒星,据信是在极早期宇宙中由原始气体形成的第一批天体。Pop III 恒星具有与当代恒星不同的结构,并且对于产生重元素和塑造后续恒星形成非常重要。然而,鉴于其高红移和短暂寿命,直接探测 Pop III 恒星极具挑战性。在本文中,我们提出了一种通过大质量黑洞引发的潮汐瓦解事件(TDE)来探测 Pop III 恒星的新方法。我们对这些独特 TDE 的辐射性质进行建模,并计算了它们在 z ~ 10 的早期宇宙中的预期发生率。我们发现,与本宇宙中太阳型恒星的 TDE 相比,Pop III 恒星 TDE 具有高得多的质量回落率和更长的演化时间尺度,这提高了其可探测性,尽管仍需要良好的巡天策略才能将这些源归类为暂现源。我们进一步证明,很大一部分耀发辐射会红移至红外波段,从而可由 James Webb Space Telescope 和 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 探测。最后同样重要的是,基于我们目前对早期宇宙黑洞质量函数的理解,我们发现使用 Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope 有望实现每年多达数十次的 Pop III 恒星 TDE 探测率。

英文摘要:

The first generation metal-free stars, referred to as population III (Pop III) stars, are believed to be the first objects to form out of the pristine gas in the very early Universe. Pop III stars have different structures from current generation of stars and are important for generating heavy elements and shaping subsequent star formation. However, it is very challenging to directly detect Pop III stars given their high redshifts and short life-times. In this paper, we propose a novel method for detecting Pop III stars through their tidal disruption events (TDEs) by massive black holes. We model the emission properties and calculate the expected rates for these unique TDEs in the early Universe at z ~ 10. We find that Pop III star TDEs have much higher mass fallback rates and longer evolution timescales compared to solar-type star TDEs in the local universe, which enhances the feasibility of their detection, although a good survey strategy will be needed for categorizing these sources as transients. We further demonstrate that a large fraction of the flare emissions are redshifted to infrared wavelengths, which can be detected by the James Webb Space Telescope and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Last but not least, we find a promising Pop III star TDE detection rate of up to a few tens per year using the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, based on our current understanding of the black hole mass function in the early Universe.

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