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低质量III型星体的演化:对流、质量损失、核合成与中微子

Evolution of Low-Mass Population III Stars: Convection, Mass Loss, Nucleosynthesis, and Neutrinos

Yale University(耶鲁大学)

Thiago Ferreira, Earl P. Bellinger, Ebraheem Farag, Christopher J. Lindsay

AI总结:

本文研究低质量III型星体的演化,通过模型探讨对流、质量损失、核合成及中微子等关键过程,为识别现存III型星体及其后代提供预测框架。

摘要:

首批恒星很可能由纯净云团形成,标志着黑暗时代之后的一个变革时期,通过引发再电离和合成首批重元素。其中,低质量III型星体尤其值得关注,因其漫长的寿命使某些可能存活至今,在银河系的恒星晕或卫星矮星中存在。作为系列论文的第一篇,我们呈现了0.7-1个太阳质量恒星的水动力演化模型,直至白矮星阶段,利用MESA软件工具。我们系统地变化质量损失效率、对流传输和超射处方,从而绘制出不确定物理如何影响核合成产量;表面富集,包括来自对流壳层融合的氮富余后主序星;残余性质,如低质量氦或碳氧白矮星(M_WD ~ 0.45-0.55个太阳质量)以及短暂的紫外明亮阶段;以及潜在的观测特征,包括壳层融合期间的中微子发射和氦闪。这些模型建立了一个预测框架,用于识别存活的III型星体及其后代,提供了以前未探索的演化和观测约束。

英文摘要:

The first stars likely formed from pristine clouds, marking a transformative epoch after the dark ages by initiating reionisation and synthesising the first heavy elements. Among these, low-mass Population III stars are of particular interest, as their long lifespans raise the possibility that some may survive to the present day in the Milky Way's stellar halo or satellite dwarfs. As the first paper in a series, we present hydrodynamic evolutionary models for 0.7 - 1 MSun stars evolved up to the white dwarf phase, utilising the MESA software instrument. We systematically vary mass-loss efficiencies, convective transport, and overshooting prescriptions, thereby mapping how uncertain physics influences nucleosynthetic yields; surface enrichment, including nitrogen-rich post-main sequence stars arising from convective shell mergers; remnant properties, such as low-mass helium or carbon-oxygen white dwarfs (M_WD ~ 0.45-0.55 MSun) and transient UV-bright phases; and potential observational signatures, including neutrino emission during shell mergers and helium flashes. These models establish a predictive framework for identifying surviving Pop III stars and their descendants, providing both evolutionary and observational constraints that were previously unexplored.

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