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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 642, 期 1, 页码 L61-L64出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1086/504290
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cosmology : theory; hydrodynamics; instabilities; stars : formation
We study the dynamical collapse and fragmentation of low-metallicity cloud cores using three-dimensional hydrodynamical calculations, and we devote particular attention to whether or not the cores fragment in the dust-cooling phase. The cores become elongated in the dust-cooling phase because they are unstable to nonspherical perturbation due to the sudden temperature decrease. In the metallicity range of 10(-6) to 10(-5) Z(circle dot), cores with an initial axis ratio greater than or similar to 2 reach a critical value of the axis ratio ( greater than or similar to 30) and fragment into multiple small clumps. This provides a possible mechanism to produce low-mass stars in ultra-metal-poor environments.
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