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We study the observational consequences of several unknown properties of Population III (Pop III) stars using large-scale cosmological simulations that include a subgrid model to track the unresolved mixing of pollutants. Varying the value…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-02-13 Richard Sarmento , Evan Scannapieco , Benoit Côté

We develop a new semi-analytic framework of Population (Pop) III and subsequent galaxy formation designed to run on dark matter halo merger trees. In our framework, we consider the effect of the Lyman-Werner flux from Pop III and II stars…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-09 Tomoaki Ishiyama , Shingo Hirano

Population III (Pop III) stars ended the cosmic Dark Ages and began early cosmological reionization and chemical enrichment. However, in spite of their importance to the evolution of the early Universe, their properties remain uncertain…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-02-02 Muhammad A. Latif , Daniel Whalen , Sadegh Khochfar

We explore the impact of ultraviolet (UV) radiation from massive Population III (Pop III) stars of 25, 40, 80, and 120 M_sun on the subsequent Pop III star formation. In this paper, particular attention is paid to the dependence of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Kenji Hasegawa , Masayuki Umemura , Hajime Susa

Population III stars can regulate star formation in the primordial Universe in several ways. They can ionize nearby halos, and even if their ionizing photons are trapped by their own halos, their Lyman-Werner (LW) photons can still escape…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-21 Anna T. P. Schauer , Daniel J. Whalen , Simon C. O. Glover , Ralf S. Klessen

Context: Population III (Pop III) stars may be fast rotating. An expected consequence of fast rotation is strong internal mixing that deeply affects their evolutionary tracks in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram and hence their ionising…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-08 Yves Sibony , Boyuan Liu , Charlotte Simmonds , Georges Meynet , Volker Bromm

We investigate the effect of the population III (Pop III) stars supernova explosion~(SN) on the high redshifts reionization history using the latest Planck data. It is predicted that massive Pop~III stars~($130M_\odot\leq M\leq 270M_\odot$)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-30 Katsuya T. Abe , Hiroyuki Tashiro

Semi-analytic models are a valuable tool to study the first stars and galaxies. Their numerical efficiency makes it possible to survey broad regions of astrophysical parameter space across large volumes and redshift ranges. Following…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-08 Thomas Behling , Ryan Hazlett , Mihir Kulkarni , Eli Visbal

The first generation (Pop-III) stars can ionize 1-10% of the universe by $z=15$, when the metal-enriched (Pop-II) stars may contribute negligibly to the ionization. This low ionization tail might leave detectable imprints on the large-scale…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 Xiaohan Wu , Matthew McQuinn , Daniel Eisenstein , Vid Irsic

Recent studies have highlighted that galaxies at z = 6-8 fall short of producing enough ionizing photons to reionize the IGM, and suggest that Population III stars could resolve this tension, because their harder spectra can produce ~10x…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Girish Kulkarni , Joseph F. Hennawi , Emmanuel Rollinde , Elisabeth Vangioni

Modeling the 21cm global signal from the Cosmic Dawn is challenging due to the many poorly constrained physical processes that come into play. We address this problem using the semi-analytical code "Cosmic Archaeology Tool" (CAT). CAT…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 Emanuele M. Ventura , Alessandro Trinca , Raffaella Schneider , Luca Graziani , Rosa Valiante , J. Stuart B. Wyithe

Cosmic reionization is thought to be primarily fueled by the first generations of galaxies. We examine their stellar and gaseous properties, focusing on the star formation rates and the escape of ionizing photons, as a function of halo…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-12-14 Hao Xu , John H. Wise , Michael L. Norman , Kyungjin Ahn , Brian W. O'Shea

The formation of the first stars marks a watershed moment in the history of our universe. As the first luminous structures, these stars (also known as Population III, or Pop III stars) seed the first galaxies and begin the process of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-06 Sahil Hegde , Steven R. Furlanetto

The absence of direct high redshift observations poses a significant challenge in understanding the properties of first stars. Nonetheless, the cumulative effect of entire stellar populations can be studied with current data. In this work…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-07 Omer Zvi Katz , Diego Redigolo , Tomer Volansky

We explore the formation of secondary Population III (Pop III) stars under radiation hydrodynamic (RHD) feedback by a preformed massive star. To properly treat RHD feedback, we perform three-dimensional RHD simulations incorporating the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-17 Hajime Susa , Masayuki Umemura , Kenji Hasegawa

The nature of the first, so-called Population III (Pop III) stars has for long remained largely unconstrained. However, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finally opened new concrete prospects for their detection during the Epoch of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-08 Alessandra Venditti , Julian B. Munoz , Volker Bromm , Seiji Fujimoto , Steven L. Finkelstein , John Chisholm

Empirical constraints on reionization require galactic ionizing photon escape fractions fesc>20%, but recent high-resolution radiation-hydrodynamic calculations have consistently found much lower values ~1-5%. While these models include…

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

In this paper, part of a series on the effects of X-ray sources in promoting Population III (Pop III) star formation, we investigate the ionisation and heating of the intergalactic medium (IGM) and the consequent enhancement of molecular…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-30 Jongwon Park , Massimo Ricotti

We explore the formation of massive high-redshift Population III (Pop III) galaxies through photoionization feedback. We consider dark matter halos formed from progenitors that have undergone no star formation as a result of early…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-05-04 Eli Visbal , Zoltan Haiman , Greg L. Bryan