Supernova Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe
Abstract
The first metal enrichment in the universe was made by supernova (SN) explosions of population (Pop) III stars. The trace remains in abundance patterns of extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars. We investigate the properties of nucleosynthesis in Pop III SNe by means of comparing their yields with the abundance patterns of the EMP stars. We focus on (1) jet-induced SNe with various energy deposition rates [], and (2) SNe of stars with various main-sequence masses () and explosion energies [ergs]. The varieties of Pop III SNe can explain varieties of the EMP stars: (1) higher [C/Fe] for lower [Fe/H] and (2) trends of abundance ratios [X/Fe] against [Fe/H].
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@article{arxiv.0809.4242,
title = {Supernova Nucleosynthesis in the Early Universe},
author = {Nozomu Tominaga and Hideyuki Umeda and Keiichi Maeda and Ken'ichi Nomoto and Nobuyuki Iwamoto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4242},
year = {2009}
}
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5 pages, 4 figures. To appear in "Low-Metallicity Star Formation: From the First Stars to Dwarf Galaxies", Proceedings of IAU Symposium 255 (June 2008, Rapallo), eds. L.K. Hunt, S. Madden, & R. Schneider (Cambridge Univ. Press)