Signatures of Population III supernovae at Cosmic Dawn: the case of GN-z11-flash

Abstract

We illustrate the observability of the end stages of the earliest (Population III) stars at high redshifts $z\gtrsim 10$, using the recently observed transient, GN-z11-flash as an example. We find that the observed spectrum of this transient is consistent with its originating from a shock-breakout in a Population III supernova occurring in the GN-z11 galaxy at $z\sim 11$. The energetics of the explosion indicate a progenitor star of mass $\sim 300M_{\odot }$ in that galaxy, with of order unity such events expected over an observing timescale of a few years. We forecast the expected number of such transients from $z>10$ galaxies as a function of their host stellar mass and star formation rate. Our findings are important in the context of future searches to detect and identify the signatures of galaxies at Cosmic Dawn.

12 pages, 1 figure; to appear in Gen. Rel. Grav

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