ORIGIN: Metal Creation and Evolution From The Cosmic Dawn

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Aug 2011

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GAMMA RAY BURSTS 2010. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1358, pp. 427-430 (2011).

Computer Science

Clusters Of Galaxies, Population Iii Stars, Redshift, Star Formation, Galaxy Clusters, Population Iii Stars, Distances, Redshifts, Radial Velocities, Spatial Distribution Of Galaxies, Star Formation

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ORIGIN is a mission designed to use Gamma-Ray Bursts as a unique probe to study the cosmic history of baryons and the metal enrichment from the first stars up to the present Universe. Reconstructing the cosmic history of metals, from the first population of stars to the processes involved in the formation of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, is a key observational challenge. Observing any single star in the early Universe is in fact beyond the reach of presently planned mission. By measuring GRB redshifts and abundances in the circumburst medium deep into the era of re-ionization (z>6), ORIGIN will discover when star formation started and how it evolved into the present day structures. ORIGIN will collect 400 GRBs per year covering the full redshift distribution. About twice per month a GRB from the re-ionization era will trigger the instruments. The resulting multi-element abundance patterns derived from high resolution X-ray and IR observations will map the evolving chemical composition of the early Universe, ``fingerprint'' the elusive PopIII stars, and constrain the shape of the Initial Mass Function (IMF) of the first stars. While not observing GRB afterglows, ORIGIN will map element abundances in local structures (z<2) by determining the properties of the hot IGM in clusters and groups of galaxies and the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium (WHIM). In this paper we focus on the use of GRB to track the earliest star populations.

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