Dust in the Early Universe: Dust Formation in the Ejecta of Population III Supernovae

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2003-07-06

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0307108v2

Astrophys.J.598:785-803,2003

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Latex 49 pages including 2 tables and 17 figures; changed content. Accepted for publication in ApJ on Aug. 11, 2003

Scientific paper

10.1086/379011

We investigate the formation of dust grains in the ejecta of population III supernovae including pair--instability supernovae, applying a theory of non-- steady state nucleation and grain growth. In the calculations, the time evolution of gas temperature in theejecta, which strongly affects the number density and size of newly formed grains, is calculated by solving the radiative transfer equation taking account of the energy deposition of radio active elements. Two extreme cases are considered for the mixing of elements in the ejecta; unmixed and uniformly mixed cases within the He--core. The results of calculations are summarized as the followings; in the unmixed ejecta, a variety of grain species condense, reflecting the difference of the elemental composition at the formation site in the ejecta, otherwise only oxide grains condense in the uniformly mixed ejecta. The average size of newly formed grains spans the range of three orders of magnitude, depending on the grain species and the formation condition, and the maximum radius is limited to less than 1 $\mu$m, which does not depend on the progenitor mass. The size distribution function summed up over all grain species is approximated by a power--law formula whose index is -3.5 for the larger radius and -2.5 for the smaller one; the radius at the crossover point ranges from 0.004 to 0.1 $\mu$m, depending on the model of supernovae. The fraction of mass locked into dust grains increases with increasing the progenitor mass; 2--5 % of the progenitor mass for core collapse supernovae and 15--30 % for pair--instability supernovae whose progenitor mass ranges from 140 to 260 $M_{\odot}$. Thus, if the very massive stars populate the first generation stars, a large amount of dust grains would be produced in the early universe.

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