The Formation Of The First Stars In The Universe |
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Authors: | Simon Glover |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024 |
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Abstract: | In this review, I survey our current understanding of how the very first stars in the universe formed, with a focus on three
main areas of interest: the formation of the first protogalaxies and the cooling of gas within them, the nature and extent
of fragmentation within the cool gas, and the physics – in particular the interplay between protostellar accretion and protostellar
feedback – that serves to determine the final stellar mass.
In each of these areas, I have attempted to show how our thinking has developed over recent years, aided in large part by
the increasing ease with which we can now perform detailed numerical simulations of primordial star formation. I have also
tried to indicate the areas where our understanding remains incomplete, and to identify some of the most important unsolved
problems. |
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Keywords: | stars: formation galaxies: formation cosmology: theory |
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