Water Formation During the Epoch of First Metal Enrichment

Abstract

We demonstrate that high abundances of water vapor could have existed in extremely low metallicity ($10^{-3}$ solar) partially shielded gas, during the epoch of first metal enrichment of the interstellar medium of galaxies at high redshifts.

arXiv comment5 pages, 2 figures. ApJ Letters Accepted

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