Can very massive stars avoid Pair-instability Supernovae?
Abstract
Very massive primordial stars () are supposed to end their lives as pair-instability supernovae. Such an event can be traced by a typical chemical signature in low metallicity stars, but at the present time, this signature is lacking in the extremely metal-poor stars we are able to observe. Does it mean that those very massive objects did not form, contrarily to the primordial star formation scenarios? Could they avoid this tragical fate? We explore the effects of rotation, anisotropic mass loss and magnetic fields on the core size of a very massive Population III model, in order to check if its mass is sufficiently modified to prevent the pair instability. We obtain that a Population III model of with computed with the inclusion of wind anisotropy and Tayler-Spruit dynamo avoids the pair instability explosion.
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@article{arxiv.0709.0202,
title = {Can very massive stars avoid Pair-instability Supernovae?},
author = {S. Ekström and G. Meynet and A. Maeder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.0202},
year = {2008}
}
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to be published in the conference proceedings of First Stars III, Santa Fe, 2007