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A&A
Volume 685, May 2024
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Article Number | A159 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | Interstellar and circumstellar matter | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202345997 | |
Published online | 22 May 2024 |
The evolution and impact of ∼3000 M⊙ stars in the early Universe
1
Département d’Astronomie, Université de Genève,
Chemin Pegasi 51,
1290
Versoix,
Switzerland
e-mail: deveshnandal@yahoo.com
2
STAR Institute, Université de Liège,
Av. du Pré Aily,
4031
Liège,
Belgium
Received:
24
January
2023
Accepted:
7
September
2023
We present evolutionary models of massive, accreting population III stars with constant and variable accretion rates until the end of silicon burning, with final masses of ~ 1000–3000 M⊙. In all our models, after the core-hydrogen-burning phase, the star expands towards the red side of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram is where it spends the rest of its evolution. During core helium burning, the models exhibit an outer convective envelope as well as many large intermediate convective zones. These intermediate zones allow for strong internal mixing to occur which enriches the surface in helium. The effect of increasing metallicity at a constant accretion rate of 10−3 M⊙yr−1 shows an increase in the lifetime, final mass and distribution of helium in the envelope. Our fiducial model with mass of 3000 M⊙ has a final surface helium abundance of 0.74 and 9% of its total mass or 50% of the core mass, has a value of Γ1 < 4/3 at the end of core silicon burning. If the collapse of the core is accompanied by the ejection of the envelope above the carbon-oxygen core, this could have a significant impact on the chemical evolution of the surroundings and subsequent stellar generations. The model has a final log(N/O) ≈ 0.45, above the lower limit in the recently detected high-redshift galaxy GN-z11. We discuss the impact of a single 3000 M⊙ star on chemical, mechanical and radiative feedback, and present directions for future work.
Key words: stars: evolution / stars: Population III / stars: massive
© The Authors 2024
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