Secondary Star Formation in a Population III Object

Abstract

We explore the possibility of subsequent star formation after a first star forms in a Pop III object, by focusing on the radiation hydrodynamic (RHD) feedback brought by ionizing photons as well as H2 dissociating photons. For the purpose, we perform three-dimensional RHD simulations, where the radiative transfer of ionizing photons and H2 dissociating photons from a first star is self-consistently coupled with hydrodynamics based on a smoothed particle hydrodynamics method. As a result, it is shown that density peaks above a threshold density can keep collapsing owing to the shielding of H2 dissociating radiation by an H2 shell formed ahead of a D-type ionization front. But, below the threshold density, an M-type ionization front accompanied by a shock propagates, and density peaks are radiation hydrodynamically evaporated by the shock. The threshold density is dependent on the distance from a source star, which is $\approx 10^{2}c{m}^{-3}$ for the source distance of 30pc. Taking into consideration that the extent of a Pop III object is $\approx 100$pc and density peaks within it have the density of $10^{2-4}$cm${}^{-3}$, it is concluded that the secondary star formation is allowed in the broad regions in a Pop III object.

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