J/ApJ/857/46   Modelled vs observed abundances of EMP stars   (Ishigaki+, 2018)

The initial mass function of the first stars inferred from extremely metal-poor stars. Ishigaki M.N., Tominaga N., Kobayashi C., Nomoto K. <Astrophys. J., 857, 46 (2018)> =2018ApJ...857...46I 2018ApJ...857...46I
ADC_Keywords: Abundances; Stars, metal-deficient; Models; Stars, masses Keywords: stars: abundances ; stars: Population III ; supernovae: general Abstract: We compare the elemental abundance patterns of ∼200 extremely metal-poor (EMP; [Fe/H]<-3) stars to the supernova yields of metal-free stars, in order to obtain insights into the characteristic masses of the first (Population III or Pop III) stars in the universe. The supernova yields are prepared with nucleosynthesis calculations of metal-free stars with various initial masses (M=13, 15, 25, 40 and 100M) and explosion energies (E51=E/1051[erg]=0.5-60), to include low-energy, normal-energy, and high-energy explosions. We adopt the mixing-fallback model, to take into account possible asymmetry in the supernova explosions, and the yields that best fit the observed abundance patterns of the EMP stars are searched by varying the model parameters. We find that the abundance patterns of the EMP stars are predominantly best- fitted by the supernova yields with initial masses M<40M, and that more than than half of the stars are best-fitted by the M=25M hypernova (E51=10) models. The results also indicate that the majority of the primordial supernovae have ejected 10-2-10-1M of 56Ni, leaving behind a compact remnant (either a neutron star or a black hole), with a mass in the range of ∼1.5-5M. These results suggest that the masses of the first stars responsible for the first metal enrichment are predominantly <40M. This implies that the higher-mass first stars were either less abundant, directly collapsed into a black hole without ejecting heavy elements, or a supernova explosion of a higher-mass first star inhibits the formation of the next generation of low-mass stars at [Fe/H]<-3. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file table3.dat 329 202 Best-fit models and observed abundances from literature -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: J/A+A/416/1117 : Abundances in the early Galaxy (Cayrel+, 2004) J/ApJ/681/1524 : Detailed abundances for 28 metal-poor stars (Lai+, 2008) J/ApJ/724/341 : Nucleosynthesis of massive metal-free stars (Heger+, 2010) J/AJ/145/13 : Metal-poor stars from SDSS/SEGUE. I. Abundances (Aoki+, 2013) J/ApJ/778/56 : Hamburg/ESO Survey extremely metal-poor stars (Cohen+, 2013) J/ApJ/762/26 : Most metal-poor stars. II. Galactic halo stars (Yong+, 2013) J/ApJ/762/27 : Most metal-poor stars. III. [Fe/H]≤-3.0 stars (Yong+, 2013) J/ApJ/797/21 : Carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars (Placco+, 2014) J/AJ/147/136 : Stars of very low metal abundance. VI. (Roederer+, 2014) J/ApJ/807/171 : SkyMapper Survey metal-poor star spectrosc. (Jacobson+, 2015) J/ApJ/817/53 : Fe-group elemental abundances in HD84937 (Sneden+, 2016) Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 23 A23 --- Name Star name 25- 27 I3 Msun Mass [13/100] Pop III mass 29- 32 F4.1 10+44J Energy [0.5/60] Explosion energy in 1051erg 34- 37 F4.1 Msun Mmix [1.4/45.8] Outer boundary of mixing zone in an enclosed mass 39- 42 F4.1 --- log10(fej) [-7/0] Ejected fraction 44- 48 F5.2 [Sun] [C/H]mod [-4.9/-0.05] Model C abundance relative to the Sun 50- 50 I1 --- f_[C/H]mod [1] Flag on [C/H]mod (1) 52- 56 F5.2 [Sun] [N/H]mod [-9.1/-0.1] Model N abundance relative to the Sun 58- 58 I1 --- f_[N/H]mod [1] Flag on [N/H]mod (1) 60- 64 F5.2 [Sun] [(C+N)/H]mod [-5/-0.1] Model C+N abundance relative to the Sun 66- 66 I1 --- f_[(C+N)/H]mod [1] Flag on [(C+N)/H]mod (1) 68- 72 F5.2 [Sun] [O/H]mod [-4.3/-0.6] Model O abundance relative to the Sun 74- 74 I1 --- f_[O/H]mod [1] Flag on [O/H]mod (1) 76- 80 F5.2 [Sun] [Na/H]mod [-5.8/-2] Model Na abundance relative to the Sun 82- 82 I1 --- f_[Na/H]mod [1] Flag on [Na/H]mod (1) 84- 88 F5.2 [Sun] [Mg/H]mod [-4.6/-2] Model Mg abundance relative to the Sun 90- 90 I1 --- f_[Mg/H]mod [1] Flag on [Mg/H]mod (1) 92- 96 F5.2 [Sun] [Al/H]mod [-5.7/-2.7] Model Al abundance relative to the Sun 98- 98 I1 --- f_[Al/H]mod [1] Flag on [Al/H]mod (1) 100-104 F5.2 [Sun] [Si/H]mod [-4.9/-2] Model Si abundance relative to the Sun 106-106 I1 --- f_[Si/H]mod [1] Flag on [Si/H]mod (1) 108-112 F5.2 [Sun] [Ca/H]mod [-5.1/-2.4] Model Ca abundance relative to the Sun 114-114 I1 --- f_[Ca/H]mod [1] Flag on [Ca/H]mod (1) 116-120 F5.2 [Sun] [Sc/H]mod [-7/-2.7] Model Sc abundance relative to the Sun 122-123 I2 --- f_[Sc/H]mod [-2] Flag on [Sc/H]mod (1) 125-129 F5.2 [Sun] [Ti/H]mod [-5.3/-3] Model Ti abundance relative to the Sun 131-132 I2 --- f_[Ti/H]mod [-2] Flag on [Ti/H]mod (1) 134-138 F5.2 [Sun] [Cr/H]mod [-5.1/-2.8] Model Cr abundance relative to the Sun 140-140 I1 --- f_[Cr/H]mod [1] Flag on [Cr/H]mod (1) 142-146 F5.2 [Sun] [Mn/H]mod [-5.7/-3.2] Model Mn abundance relative to the Sun 148-148 I1 --- f_[Mn/H]mod [1] Flag on [Mn/H]mod (1) 150-154 F5.2 [Sun] [Fe/H]mod [-5/-2.8] Model Fe abundance relative to the Sun 156-156 I1 --- f_[Fe/H]mod [1] Flag on [Fe/H]mod (1) 158-162 F5.2 [Sun] [Co/H]mod [-5.1/-2.8] Model Co abundance relative to the Sun 164-164 I1 --- f_[Co/H]mod [1] Flag on [Co/H]mod (1) 166-170 F5.2 [Sun] [Ni/H]mod [-4.9/-2.6] Model Ni abundance relative to the Sun 172-172 I1 --- f_[Ni/H]mod [1] Flag on [Ni/H]mod (1) 174-178 F5.2 [Sun] [Zn/H]mod [-5/-2.5] Model Zn abundance relative to the Sun 180-180 I1 --- f_[Zn/H]mod [1] Flag on [Zn/H]mod (1) 182-186 F5.2 [Sun] [C/H]obs [-4.9/-0.06]?=-9.99 Observed C abundance relative to the Sun 188-189 I2 --- f_[C/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [C/H]obs (1) 191-195 F5.2 [Sun] [N/H]obs [-4/0.3]?=-9.99 Observed N abundance relative to the Sun 197-198 I2 --- f_[N/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [N/H]obs (1) 200-204 F5.2 [Sun] [(C+N)/H]obs [-4/-0.06]?=-9.99 Observed C+N abundance relative to the Sun 206-207 I2 --- f_[(C+N)/H]obs [-2/1] Flag on [(C+N)/H]obs (1) 209-213 F5.2 [Sun] [O/H]obs [-3/-1.1]?=-9.99 Observed O abundance relative to the Sun 215-216 I2 --- f_[O/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [O/H]obs (1) 218-222 F5.2 [Sun] [Na/H]obs [-5/-1.6]?=-9.99 Observed Na abundance relative to the Sun 224-225 I2 --- f_[Na/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [Na/H]obs (1) 227-231 F5.2 [Sun] [Mg/H]obs [-4.7/-2] Observed Mg abundance relative to the Sun 233-233 I1 --- f_[Mg/H]obs [1] Flag on [Mg/H]obs (1) 235-239 F5.2 [Sun] [Al/H]obs [-5.5/-3.1]?=-9.99 Observed Al abundance relative to the Sun 241-241 I1 --- f_[Al/H]obs [0/1] Flag on [Al/H]obs (1) 243-247 F5.2 [Sun] [Si/H]obs [-5.2/-1.8]?=-9.99 Observed Si abundance relative to the Sun 249-250 I2 --- f_[Si/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [Si/H]obs (1) 252-256 F5.2 [Sun] [Ca/H]obs [-4.8/-2.4]?=-9.99 Observed Ca abundance relative to the Sun 258-258 I1 --- f_[Ca/H]obs [0/1] Flag on [Ca/H]obs (1) 260-264 F5.2 [Sun] [Sc/H]obs [-4.9/-1.5]?=-9.99 Observed Sc abundance relative to the Sun 266-267 I2 --- f_[Sc/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [Sc/H]obs (1) 269-273 F5.2 [Sun] [Ti/H]obs [-4.7/-2.2] Observed Ti abundance relative to the Sun 275-276 I2 --- f_[Ti/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [Ti/H]obs (1) 278-282 F5.2 [Sun] [Cr/H]obs [-5.5/-2.9]?=-9.99 observed Cr abundance relative to the Sun 284-284 I1 --- f_[Cr/H]obs [0/1] Flag on [Cr/H]obs (1) 286-290 F5.2 [Sun] [Mn/H]obs [-5.6/-3.1]?=-9.99 Observed Mn abundance relative to the Sun 292-293 I2 --- f_[Mn/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [Mn/H]obs (1) 295-299 F5.2 [Sun] [Fe/H]obs [-5/-2.9] Observed Fe abundance relative to the Sun 301-301 I1 --- f_[Fe/H]obs [1] Flag on [Fe/H]obs (1) 303-307 F5.2 [Sun] [Co/H]obs [-4.5/-2.1]?=-9.99 Observed Co abundance relative to the Sun 309-310 I2 --- f_[Co/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [Co/H]obs (1) 312-316 F5.2 [Sun] [Ni/H]obs [-5/-2.6]?=-9.99 Observed Ni abundance relative to the Sun 318-318 I1 --- f_[Ni/H]obs [0/1] flag on [Ni/H]obs (1) 320-324 F5.2 [Sun] [Zn/H]obs [-3.6/-1.4]?=-9.99 Observed Zn abundance relative to the Sun 326-327 I2 --- f_[Zn/H]obs [-1/1] Flag on [Zn/H]obs (1) 329-329 I1 --- Ref [1/9] Reference code (2) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Flags for abundances as follows: 1 = used value; -1 = upper limit; -2 = lower limit. Note (2): References code as follows: 1 = Yong et al. (2013, J/ApJ/762/26); 2 = Cohen et al. (2013, J/ApJ/778/56); 3 = Roederer et al. (2014, J/AJ/147/136); 4 = Jacobson et al. (2015, J/ApJ/807/171); 5 = Hansen et al. (2014ApJ...787..162H 2014ApJ...787..162H); 6 = Placco et al. (2015ApJ...809..136P 2015ApJ...809..136P); 7 = Frebel et al. (2015ApJ...810L..27F 2015ApJ...810L..27F); 8 = Melendez et al. (2016A&A...585L...5M 2016A&A...585L...5M); 9 = Placco et al. (2016ApJ...833...21P 2016ApJ...833...21P). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: From electronic version of the journal
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