Formation of massive stars under protostellar radiation feedback: Very metal-poor stars

Abstract

We study the formation of very metal-poor stars under protostellar radiative feedback effect. We use cosmological simulations to identify low-mass dark matter halos and star-forming gas clouds within them. We then follow protostar formation and the subsequent long-term mass accretion phase of over one million years using two-dimensional radiation-hydrodynamics simulations. We show that the critical physical process that sets the final mass is formation and expansion of a bipolar HII region. The process is similar to the formation of massive primordial stars, but radiation pressure exerted on dust grains also contributes to halting the accretion flow in the low-metallicity case. We find that the net feedback effect in the case with metallicity $Z=10^{-2}{Z}_{\odot }$ is stronger than in the case with $Z\sim 1Z_{\odot }$. With decreasing metallicity, the radiation pressure effect becomes weaker, but photoionization heating of the circumstellar gas is more efficient owing to the reduced dust attenuation. In the case with $Z=10^{-2}{Z}_{\odot }$, the central star grows as massive as 200 solar-masses, similarly to the case of primordial star formation. We conclude that metal-poor stars with a few hundred solar masses can be formed by gas accretion despite the strong radiative feedback.

arXiv comment18 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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