Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Aug 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006iaujd...7e..25m&link_type=abstract
The Universe at z > 6, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 7, 17-18 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic, JD07, #25
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
We use three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations to investigate the effects of a transient photoionizing ultraviolet (UV) flux on the collapse and cooling of pre-galactic clouds. These clouds have masses in the range 10^5 - 10^7 solar masses, form at high redshifts (z>18), and are assumed to lie within the short-lived cosmological HII regions around the first generation of stars. In addition, we study the combined effects of this transient UV flux and a persistent Lyman-Werner (LW) background (at photon energies below 13.6eV) from distant sources. In the absence of a LW background, we find that a critical specific intensity of J_UV ~ 0.1 x 10-21 ergs s-1 cm-2 Hz-1 sr-1 demarcates a transition from net negative to positive feedback for the halo population. A weaker UV flux stimulates subsequent star formation inside the fossil HII regions, by enhancing the H_2 molecule abundance. A stronger UV flux significantly delays star-formation by reducing the gas density, and increasing the cooling time, at the centers of collapsing halos. At a fixed J_UV, the sign of the feedback also depends strongly on the density of the gas at the time of UV illumination. Regardless of whether the feedback is positive or negative, we find that once the UV flux is turned off, its impact starts to diminish after ~30% of the Hubble time. In the more realistic case when a LW background is present, with J_LW > 0.01 x 10-21 ergs s-1 cm-2 Hz-1 sr-1, strong suppression persists down to the lowest redshift (z=18) in our simulations. Finally, we find evidence that heating and photo-evaporation by the transient UV flux renders the 10^6 solar mass halos inside fossil HII regions more vulnerable to subsequent H_2 photo-dissociation by a LW background.
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