期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 823, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/823/2/140
关键词
early universe; galaxies: high-redshift; galaxies: star formation; methods: numerical; stars: Population III
资金
- NSF [ACI-1238993, PHY-0941373, AST-1109243, AST-1211626, AST-1333360]
- state of Illinois [NSF PRAC OCI-0832662]
- NASA [NNX12AC98G, HST-AR-13261.01-A, HST-AR-13895.001]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1333360, 1333514] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Division Of Physics
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1430152] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
We present results on the formation of Population III (Pop III) stars at redshift 7.6 from the Renaissance Simulations, a suite of extremely high-resolution and physics-rich radiation transport hydrodynamics cosmological adaptive-mesh refinement simulations of high-redshift galaxy formation performed on the Blue Waters supercomputer. In a survey volume of about 220 comoving Mpc(3), we found 14 Pop III galaxies with recent star formation. The surprisingly late formation of Pop III stars is possible due to two factors: (i) the metal enrichment process is local and slow, leaving plenty of pristine gas to exist in the vast volume; and (ii) strong Lyman-Werner radiation from vigorous metal-enriched star formation in early galaxies suppresses Pop III formation in (not so) small primordial halos with mass less than similar to 3 x 10(7) M-circle dot. We quantify the properties of these Pop III galaxies and their Pop III star formation environments. We look for analogs to the recently discovered luminous Ly alpha emitter CR7, which has been interpreted as a Pop III star cluster within or near a metal-enriched star-forming galaxy. We find and discuss a system similar to this in some respects, however, the Pop III star cluster is far less massive and luminous than CR7 is inferred to be.
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