Protostar formation in the early universe
Abstract
We study the formation of primordial proto-stars in a ΛCDM universe using ultra high-resolution cosmological simulations. Our approach includes all the relevant atomic and molecular physics to follow the thermal evolution of a prestellar gas cloud to “stellar” densities. We describe the numerical implementation of the physics. We also show the result of a simulation of the formation of primordial stars in a reionized gas.
- Publication:
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Low-Metallicity Star Formation: From the First Stars to Dwarf Galaxies
- Pub Date:
- December 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921308024538
- Bibcode:
- 2008IAUS..255...18Y
- Keywords:
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- cosmology: theory;
- molecular processes;
- radiative transfer