True Pair-instability Supernova Descendant: Implications for the First Stars’ Mass Distribution

True Pair-instability Supernova Descendant: Implications for the First Stars’ Mass Distribution

The initial mass function (IMF) of the first Population III (Pop III) stars remains a persistent mystery. Their predicted massive nature implies the existence of stars exploding as pair-instability supernovae (PISNe), but no observational evidence had been found. Now, the LAMOST survey claims to hav...

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Main Authors: Ioanna Koutsouridou, Stefania Salvadori, Ása Skúladóttir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Subjects:
Population III stars
Milky Way evolution
Galaxy evolution
Galaxy formation
Milky Way formation
Theoretical models
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ad2466

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