Metal Dispersal and the Number of Population III Stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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Stars: Abundances, Ism: Abundances, Galaxy: Formation, Galaxy: Halo, Galaxies: Evolution, Early Universe

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Two fundamental constraints on the earliest star formation conditions in the Galaxy are an apparent empirical low-metallicity threshold of-4 ≲ [Fe/H], an and upper limit to the fraction of Population III halo stars of F III < 4 × 10-4. How do these observed constraints compare with predictions of simple models? This is investigated within the framework of element dispersal from clustered core-collapse SNe. Simple arguments considering turbulent mixing within multi-phase ISM suggest that the observed low-metallicity threshold is consistent with rough expected values. However, the observed limit on F III is two orders of magnitude larger than predictions from this simple, one-zone inhomogeneous chemical evolution.

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