Collapse of Primordial Clouds

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1998-08-07

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9808070v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, MN plain TeX macros v1.6 file, 9 PS figures. Also available at http://www.iagusp.usp.br/~oswaldo (click "OPTIONS" an

Scientific paper

10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.02005.x

We present here studies of collapse of purely baryonic Population III objects with masses ranging from $10M_\odot$ to $10^6M_\odot$. A spherical Lagrangian hydrodynamic code has been written to study the formation and evolution of the primordial clouds, from the beginning of the recombination era ($z_{rec} \sim 1500$) until the redshift when the collapse occurs. All the relevant processes are included in the calculations, as well as, the expansion of the Universe. As initial condition we take different values for the Hubble constant and for the baryonic density parameter (considering however a purely baryonic Universe), as well as different density perturbation spectra, in order to see their influence on the behavior of the Population III objects evolution. We find, for example, that the first mass that collapses is $8.5\times10^4M_\odot$ for $h=1$, $\Omega=0.1$ and $\delta_i={\delta\rho / \rho}=(M / M_o)^{-1/3}(1+z_{rec})^{-1}$ with the mass scale $M_o=10^{15}M_\odot$. For $M_o=4\times10^{17}M_\odot$ we obtain $4.4\times10^{4}M_\odot$ for the first mass that collapses. The cooling-heating and photon drag processes have a key role in the collapse of the clouds and in their thermal history. Our results show, for example, that when we disregard the Compton cooling-heating, the collapse of the objects with masses $>8.5\times10^4M_\odot$ occurs earlier. On the other hand, disregarding the photon drag process, the collapse occurs at a higher redshift.

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