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Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement
Article . 2002 . Peer-reviewed
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First Star Formation

Protostellar Evolution from Prestellar Cores to Main-Sequence Stars
Authors: Kazuyuki Omukai;

First Star Formation

Abstract

We review formation process of the first stars. After forming by fragmentation of a first . object, a primordial prestellar core (∼ 10 3 M O .) collapses in a self-similar fashion until the formation of a protostar at the number density of about 10 2 2 cm - 3 . The end product of the protostellar collapse is a tiny protostar (∼ 10- 3 M O .) surrounded by a large amount of gravitationally unstable matter (∼ 10 3 M⊙).Subsequently, the protostar grows in mass by orders of magnitude owing to accretion of the ambient matter. The accretion rate M is very high (10 - ( 2 - 3 ) M O ./Yr) for the first stars, because of high prestellar temperature (> 300K) owing to H 2 cooling in the primordial gas. During the accretion phase, there are a few distinctive evolutionary stages; the adiabatic accretion phase (M, 4 x 10 - 3 M O . /yr),depending on the value of the accretion rate. Under a realistic accretion rate proposed by Abel et al. [Science 295 (2002), 93]. the actual evolution resembles the case of small M. Since the protostar is shrouded by an optically thick envelope throughout the main accretion phase, the hot stellar surface is not visible from outside until the protostellar mass grows to about 5003M O .. During this period, the effective temperature remains about 6000K for a wide range of the luminosity.

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