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The chemical enrichment of the early Universe is a crucial element in the formation and evolution of galaxies, and Population III (PopIII) stars must play a vital role in this process. In this study, we examine metal enrichment from massive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-02-07 Devesh Nandal , John A. Regan , Tyrone E. Woods , Eoin Farrell , Sylvia Ekström , Georges Meynet

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are ideal probes of the epoch of the first stars and galaxies. We review the recent theoretical understanding of the formation and evolution of the first (so-called Population III) stars, in light of their viability…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-04-27 Kenji Toma , Sung-Chul Yoon , Volker Bromm

We discuss some aspects concerning the formation and the impact of the first luminous structures in the universe (PopIIIs), with particular emphasis on their feedback effects on subsequent galaxy formation. We argue that supernovae in these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrea Ferrara , Simone Marri

Simulating Population (Pop.) III star formation in mini-halos in a large cosmological simulation is an extremely challenging task but it is crucial to estimate its impact on the 21cm power spectrum. In this work, we develop a framework…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Emanuele M. Ventura , Yuxiang Qin , Sreedhar Balu , J. Stuart B. Wyithe

The first stars likely formed from pristine clouds, marking a transformative epoch after the dark ages by initiating reionisation and synthesising the first heavy elements. Among these, low-mass Population III stars are of particular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-19 Thiago Ferreira , Earl P. Bellinger , Ebraheem Farag , Christopher J. Lindsay

Population III (Pop III) stars, the first generation of stars formed from primordial gas, played a fundamental role in shaping the early universe through their influence on cosmic reionization, early chemical enrichment, and the formation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-28 Jake Hassan , Rosalba Perna , Matteo Cantiello , Tyler Parsotan , Davide Lazzati , Nathan Walker

First, the formation of first objects driven by dark matter is revisited by high-resolution hydrodynamic simulations. It is revealed that dark matter haloes of ~10^4M_sun can produce first luminous objects with the aid of dark matter cusps.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2012-10-30 Masayuki Umemura , Hajime Susa , Kenji Hasegawa , Tamon Suwa , Benoit Semelin

Pop III stars are the first stars in the universe. They do not contain metals and their formation and evolution may be different from that of stars of later generations. In fact, according to the theory of star formation, Pop III stars…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-12 Ken'ichiro Nakazato , Kohsuke Sumiyoshi , Shoichi Yamada

We explore the possibility of subsequent star formation after a first star forms in a Pop III object, by focusing on the radiation hydrodynamic (RHD) feedback brought by ionizing photons as well as H2 dissociating photons. For the purpose,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Hajime Susa , Masayuki Umemura

Extremely metal poor stars have been the focus of much recent attention owing to the expectation that their chemical abundances can shed light on the metal and dust yields of the earliest supernovae. We present our most realistic simulation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-09-21 Jeremy S. Ritter , Chalence Safranek-Shrader , Milos Milosavljevic , Volker Bromm

The formation of the first stars (Population III; PopIII) marks the end of the dark ages of the universe, a subject of lively scientific debate. Not (yet) accessible to direct observations, this early stage of the universe is mostly studied…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-14 M. Raue , T. Kneiske , D. Mazin

Population III stars were the first stars to form after the Big Bang, and are believed to have made the earliest contribution to the metal content of the universe beyond the products of the Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. These stars are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 Mikaela M. Larkin , Roman Gerasimov , Adam J. Burgasser

We investigate the formation of metal-free, Population III (Pop III), stars within a minihalo at z ~ 20 with a smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulation, starting from cosmological initial conditions. Employing a hierarchical,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 A. Stacy , T. H. Greif , V. Bromm

With the first metal enrichment by Population (Pop) III supernovae (SNe), the formation of the first metal-enriched, Pop II stars becomes possible. In turn, Pop III star formation and early metal enrichment are slowed by the high energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Jarrett L. Johnson , Claudio Dalla Vecchia , Sadegh Khochfar

We investigate the supernova explosions that end the lives of massive Population III stars in low-mass minihalos (M~10^6 M_sun) at redshifts z~20. Employing the smoothed particle hydrodynamics method, we carry out numerical simulations in a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Volker Bromm , Naoki Yoshida , Lars Hernquist

We perform three-dimensional cosmological simulations to examine the growth of metal-free, Population III (Pop III) stars under radiative feedback. We begin our simulation at z=100 and trace the evolution of gas and dark matter until the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Stacy , T. H. Greif , V. Bromm

Population III (or Pop. III) stars, the first stellar generation built up from metal-free primordial gas, first started to form at redshifts z ~ 30. They formed primarily in small dark matter halos with masses of a few million solar masses.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-19 Simon C. O. Glover , Ralf S. Klessen

Theoretically modelling the 21-cm signals caused by Population III stars (Pop III stars) is the key to extracting fruitful information on Pop III stars from current and forthcoming 21-cm observations. In this work we develop a new module of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-01-20 Toshiyuki Tanaka , Kenji Hasegawa

We present results on the formation of Pop III stars at redshift 7.6 from the Renaissance Simulations, a suite of extremely high-resolution and physics-rich radiation transport hydrodynamics cosmological adaptive-mesh refinement simulations…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-06-08 Hao Xu , Michael L. Norman , Brian W. O'Shea , John H. Wise

Our current understanding of the chemical evolution of the Universe is that a first generation of stars was formed out of primordial material, completely devoid of metals (Pop III stars). This first population of stars comprised massive…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-15 P. Bonifacio , E. Caffau , M. Spite