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We perform a set of cosmological simulations of early structure formation with incorporating baryonic streaming motions. We present a case where a significantly elongated gas cloud with $\sim\!10^4\,$solar masses (${\rm M_\odot}$) is formed…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 Shingo Hirano , Naoki Yoshida , Yuya Sakurai , Michiko S. Fujii

We present a theoretical model for primordial star formation. First we describe the structure of the initial gas cores as virialized, quasi-hydrostatic objects in accord with recent high resolution numerical studies. The accretion rate can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jonathan C. Tan , Christopher F. McKee

The formation of stellar clusters dictates the pace at which galaxies evolve, and solving the question of their formation will undoubtedly lead to a better understanding of the Universe as a whole. While it is well known that star clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-08-11 Nicolas Peretto , Andrew J. Rigby , Fabien Louvet , Gary A. Fuller , Alessio Traficante , Mathilde Gaudel

Stars and star clusters form by gravoturbulent fragmentation of interstellar gas clouds. The supersonic turbulence ubiquitously observed in Galactic molecular gas generates strong density fluctuations with gravity taking over in the densest…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 Ralf S. Klessen

The stellar initial mass function at high redshift is an important defining property of the first stellar systems to form and may also play a role in various dark matter problems. We here determine the faint stellar luminosity function in…

We have proposed that the first phase of stellar evolution in the history of the Universe may be Dark Stars (DS), powered by dark matter heating rather than by nuclear fusion, and in this paper we examine the history of these DS. The power…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Douglas Spolyar , Peter Bodenheimer , Katherine Freese , Palo Gondolo

The first phase of stellar evolution in the history of the universe may be Dark Stars, powered by dark matter heating rather than by fusion. Weakly interacting massive particles, which are their own antiparticles, can annihilate and provide…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-02-17 Paolo Gondolo , Katherine Freese , Douglas Spolyar , Anthony Aguirre , Peter Bodenheimer , Jeremy A. Sellwood , Naoki Yoshida

Context: The earliest stages of high-mass star formation are still poorly characterized. It is also unknown whether the initial conditions vary with environment. Aims: We want to investigate the youngest massive gas clumps in the…

The first generation of stars in the Universe is yet to be observed. There are two leading theories for those objects that mark the beginning of the cosmic dawn: hydrogen burning Population~III stars and Dark Stars, made of hydrogen and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-16 Cosmin Ilie , Jillian Paulin , Katherine Freese

We investigate the formation and early evolution of star clusters assuming that they form from a turbulent starless clump of given mass bounded inside a parent self-gravitating molecular cloud characterized by a particular mass surface…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-04-05 Juan P. Farias , Jonathan C. Tan , Sourav Chatterjee

Using a new physical model for star formation (Padoan 1995) we have tested the possibility that globular clusters (GCs) are formed from primordial mass fluctuations, whose mass scale ($10^8$ - $10^9$ M$_{\odot}$) is selected out of a CDM…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Paolo Padoan , Raul Jimenez , Bernard Jones

Super Star Clusters are one of the most extreme star forming environments in the universe, and the most massive and dense of these may be proto globular clusters. Like individual massive stars, the earliest stages of super star cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Kelsey E. Johnson

In star forming regions, we can observe different evolutionary stages of various objects and phenomena such as molecular clouds, protostellar jets and outflows, circumstellar disks, and protostars. However, it is difficult to directly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Masahiro N. Machida

Model of supermassive black holes formation inside the clusters of primordial black holes is developed. Namely, it is supposed, that some mass fraction of the universe ~10^-3 is composed of the compact clusters of primordial (relic) black…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. I. Dokuchaev , Yu. N. Eroshenko , S. G. Rubin

Massive stars form in clusters within self-gravitating molecular clouds. The size scale of these clusters is sufficiently large that non-thermal, or turbulent, motions of the gas must be taken into account when considering their formation.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jonathan Williams

From studying the cosmic microwave background, we know our Universe started out very simple. It was by and large homogeneous and isotropic, with small fluctuations that can be described by linear perturbation theory. In stark contrast, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-01-22 Ralf S. Klessen

We review the current status of knowledge concerning the early phases of star formation during cosmic dawn. This includes the first generations of stars forming in the lowest mass dark matter halos in which cooling and condensation of gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-29 Lionel Haemmerlé , Lucio Mayer , Ralf S. Klessen , Takashi Hosokawa , Piero Madau , Volker Bromm

According to the current paradigm of galaxy formation, the first galaxies have been likely formed within large dark matter haloes. The fragmentation of these massive haloes led to the formation of galaxy protoclusters, which are usually…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-11-09 N. Laporte , A. Zitrin , H. Dole , G. Roberts-Borsani , L. J. Furtak , C. Witten

We present new constraints on the initial mass spectrum of the Galactic Old Halo globular clusters. This has remained poorly-known so far, as both an initial power-law mass spectrum and an initial lognormal mass function could have evolved…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Genevieve Parmentier , Gerard Gilmore

The first phase of stellar evolution in the history of the universe may be Dark Stars, powered by dark matter heating rather than by fusion. Weakly interacting massive particles, which are their own antiparticles, can annihilate and provide…