PopIII signatures in the spectra of PopII/I GRBs

Abstract

We investigate signatures of population III (PopIII) stars in the metal-enriched environment of GRBs originating from population II-I (PopII/I) stars by using abundance ratios derived from numerical simulations that follow stellar evolution and chemical enrichment. We find that at $z>10$ more than $10$ of PopII/I GRBs explode in a medium previously enriched by PopIII stars (we refer to them as GRBII$\to$III). Although the formation of GRBII$\to$III is more frequent than that of pristine PopIII GRBs (GRBIIIs), we find that the expected GRBII$\to$III observed rate is comparable to that of GRBIIIs, due to the usually larger luminosities of these latter. GRBII$\to$III events take place preferentially in small proto-galaxies with stellar masses ${\mathrm{M}}_{\star }\sim 10^{4.5}-10^7{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }$, star formation rates $\mathrm{SFR}\sim 10^{-3}-10^{-1}{\mathrm{M}}_{\odot }/yr$ and metallicities $Z\sim 10^{-4}-10^{-2}{\mathrm{Z}}_{\odot }$. On the other hand, galaxies with $Z<10^{-2.8}{\mathrm{Z}}_{\odot }$ are dominated by metal enrichment from PopIII stars and should preferentially host GRBII$\to$III. Hence, measured GRB metal content below this limit could represent a strong evidence of enrichment by pristine stellar populations. We discuss how to discriminate PopIII metal enrichment on the basis of various abundance ratios observable in the spectra of GRBs' afterglows. By employing such analysis, we conclude that the currently known candidates at redshift $z\simeq 6$ -- i.e. GRB 050904 \cite[][]{2006Natur.440..184K} and GRB 130606A \cite[][]{2013arXiv1312.5631C} -- are likely not originated in environments pre-enriched by PopIII stars.

arXiv comment9 pages, 7 figures; MNRAS accepted

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