Rapidly-rotating Population III stellar models

by Sophie Tsiatsiou (Uni Geneve)

Thursday 1 Feb 2024, 11:30 → 12:30 Europe/Rome

Sala Jappelli (Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova)

The first stars, also known as Population III stars, began the process of reionization in the Universe and contributed to the metal enrichment. It is believed that they might have been fast rotators, which can have significant consequences for their radiative, mechanical, and chemical feedback. In this talk, I will present recent models using the Geneva stellar evolution code (GENEC) with fast initial rotation velocity, corresponding to 70% of the critical one in the mass range of 9 to 120Msol. I will compare the outputs of these models with those obtained with lower initial rotations, focusing on the primary nitrogen production. Other aspects of the rapidly-rotating models will be discussed, including their impact on the early chemical evolution of galaxies. Moreover, I will discuss the possibility that rapidly-rotating Pop III stars may, at least in part, explain the high N/O ratios measured in certain high-redshift galaxies, such as GN-z11 and CEERS-1019.

 

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