2018MNRAS.475.4396J -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 475, 4396-4410 (2018/April-3)
Baseline metal enrichment from Population III star formation in cosmological volume simulations.
JAACKS J., THOMPSON R., FINKELSTEIN S.L. and BROMM V.
Abstract (from CDS):
We utilize the hydrodynamic and N-body code GIZMO coupled with our newly developed sub-grid Population III (Pop III) Legacy model, designed specifically for cosmological volume simulations, to study the baseline metal enrichment from Pop III star formation at z > 7. In this idealized numerical experiment, we only consider Pop III star formation. We find that our model Pop III star formation rate density (SFRD), which peaks at ∼ 10^- 3^ M☉ yr^- 1^ Mpc^- 1^ near z ∼ 10, agrees well with previous numerical studies and is consistent with the observed estimates for Pop II SFRDs. The mean Pop III metallicity rises smoothly from z = 25 to 7, but does not reach the critical metallicity value, Zcrit = 10–4 Z☉, required for the Pop III to Pop II transition in star formation mode until z ≃ 7. This suggests that, while individual haloes can suppress in situ Pop III star formation, the external enrichment is insufficient to globally terminate Pop III star formation. The maximum enrichment from Pop III star formation in star-forming dark matter haloes is Z ∼ 10–2 Z☉, whereas the minimum found in externally enriched haloes is Z >= 10–7 Z☉. Finally, mock observations of our simulated IGM enriched with Pop III metals produce equivalent widths similar to observations of an extremely metal-poor damped Lyman alpha system at z = 7.04, which is thought to be enriched by Pop III star formation only.
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© 2018 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
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methods: numerical - stars: formation - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: formation - cosmology: theory
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