3 papers
astro-ph.GA2025
Observing compact Pop III star clusters and the presence of cosmic streaming
Claire E. Williams, Smadar Naoz, Naoki Yoshida +7
The formation of the Universe's first luminous stellar structures depends on the unique conditions at "Cosmic Dawn," which are set by the underlying cosmological model and early ba…
astro-ph.GA2025
Supersonic Turbulence in Primordial Halos: A Comparison With and Without The Stream Velocity
Avi Chen, William Lake, Claire E. Williams +6
Turbulence plays a critical role in regulating star formation in molecular clouds and is also observed in simulations of primordial halos that host Population III (Pop III) stars.…
astro-ph.GA2025
CDM star clusters at cosmic dawn: stellar densities, environment, and equilibrium
Claire E. Williams, Smadar Naoz, William Lake +7
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened a window on many new puzzles in the early Universe, including a population of high-redshift star clusters with extremely high stell…