Dust-cooling-induced fragmentation of low-metallicity clouds

Toru Tsuribe; Kazuyuki Omukai

doi:10.1086/504290

Dust-cooling-induced fragmentation of low-metallicity clouds

Toru Tsuribe, Kazuyuki Omukai

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Abstract

We study the dynamical collapse and fragmentation of low-metallicity cloud cores using three-dimensional hydrodynamical calculations, and we devote particular attention to whether or not the cores fragment in the dust-cooling phase. The cores become elongated in the dust-cooling phase because they are unstable to nonspherical perturbation due to the sudden temperature decrease. In the metallicity range of 10^-6 to 10^-5 Z_⊙, cores with an initial axis ratio ≳2 reach a critical value of the axis ratio (≳30) and fragment into multiple small clumps. This provides a possible mechanism to produce low-mass stars in ultra-metal-poor environments.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	L61-L64
Journal	Astrophysical Journal
Volume	642
Issue number	1 II
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/504290
Publication status	Published - 2006 May 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cosmology: Theory
Hydrodynamics
Instabilities
Stars: Formation

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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