Abstract
The helium, heavy elements and dark remnants produced by a pregalactic generation of stars, Population III, are discussed quantitatively for three scenarios: (1) Population III is responsible for the distortion of the microwave background spectrum measured by Woody and Richards; (2) Population III objects generate the whole of the microwave background; (3) Population III provides the oldest metals found in our Galaxy today.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Rowan-Robinson, M. & Tarbet, P. in Progress in Cosmology (ed. Wolfendale, A.) (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1982).
Woody, D. P. & Richards, P. L. Phys. Rev. Lett. 42, 925–929 (1979).
Woody, D. P. & Richards, P. L. Astrophys. J. 248, 18–37 (1981).
Rowan-Robinson, M., Negroponte, J. & Silk, J. Nature 281, 635–638 (1979).
Carr, B. J. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 189, 123–136 (1979).
Carr, B. J. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 195, 639–668 (1981).
Schramm, D. N. & Steigman, G. Astrophys. J. 243, 1–7 (1981).
Salpeter, E. E. Astrophys. J. 121, 161–167 (1955).
Silk, J. Astrophys. J. 211, 638–648 (1977).
Kahn, F. D. Astr. Astrophys. 37, 149–162 (1974).
Weaver, T. A., Zimmerman, G. B. & Woosley, S. E. Astrophys. J. 225, 1021–1029 (1978).
Arnett, W. D. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 336, 366–379 (1980).
Van Riper, K. A. Astrophys. J. 232, 558–571 (1979).
Arnett, W. D. Astrophys. J. 219, 1008–1016 (1978).
Weaver, T. A. & Woosley, S. E. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 336, 335–357 (1980).
Barkat, Z., Rakavy, G. & Sack, N. Phys. Rev. Lett. 18, 379–381 (1967).
Woosley, S. E. & Weaver, T. A. Supernovae (eds Rees, M. & Stoneham, R. J.) (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1982).
Bond, J. R., Arnett, W. D. & Carr, B. J. Supernovae (eds Rees, M. & Stoneham, R. J.) (Reidel, Dordrecht, 1982).
Stothers, R. in Stellar Evolution (eds Hong-Yee Chiu & Muriel, A.) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1972).
Schwarzschild, M. & Harm, R. Astrophys. J. 129, 637–646 (1959).
Stothers, R. & Simon, N. R. Astrophys. J. 160, 1019–1029 (1970).
Appenzeller, I. Astr. Astrophys. 5, 355–371 (1970).
Appenzeller, I. Astr. Astrophys. 9, 216–220 (1970).
Talbot, R. J. Astrophys. J. 163, 17–27 (1971).
Talbot, R. J. Astrophys. J. 165, 121–138 (1971).
Papalpoisou, J. C. B. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 162, 169–187 (1973).
Talbot, R. J. & Arnett, W. D. Nature Phys. Sci. 229, 150–151 (1971).
Humphreys, R. M. & Davidson, K. Astrophys. J. 232, 409–420 (1979).
Rowan-Robinson, M. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. (in the press).
Zeldovich, Ya. B. & Novikov, I. D. Relativistic Astrophysics Vol. 1 (University of Chicago Press, 1971).
Fricke, K. J. Astrophys. J. 183, 941–958 (1973).
Negroponte, J., Rowan-Robinson, M. & Silk, J. Astrophys. J. 248, 38–46 (1981).
French, H. B. Bull. Lick Obs. No. 863 (1979).
Lequeux, J., Peimbert, M., Rayo, J. F., Serrano, A. & Torres-Peimbert, S. Astr. Astrophys. 80, 155–166 (1979).
Kunth, D. in Cosmology and Particles (eds Audouze, J. et al.) 241 (Frontiéres, Paris 1981).
Yang, J., Schramm, D. N., Steigman, G. & Rood, R. T. Astrophys. J. 227, 697–704 (1979).
Wagoner, R. V. Astrophys. J. 179, 343–360 (1973).
Olive, K. A., Schramm, D. N., Steigman, G., Turner, M. S. & Yang, J. Astrophys. J. 246, 557–568 (1981).
Bondarenko, L. N., Kurguzov, V. V., Prokof'ev, Yu. A., Rogov, E. V. & Spivak, P. E. JEPT Lett. 28, 303–306 (1978).
Wilkinson, D. H. in Proc. of the Erice School on Nuclear Astrophys (1980).
Cowsik, R. in Cosmology and Particles (ed. Adouze et al.) 157 (Frontiéres, Paris, 1981).
Carr, B. J. Astr. Astrophys. 60, 13–26 (1977).
Epstein, R. I. Astrophys. J. 212, 595–601 (1977).
Wright, E. L. Astrophys. J. 255, 401–407 (1982).
Rana, N. C. Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 197, 1125–1138 (1981).
Adouze, J. & Tinsley, B. M. Ann. Rev. Astr. Astrophys. 14, 43–79 (1976).
Truran, J. W. & Cameron, A. G. W. Astr. Space Sci. 14, 179–222 (1971).
Hartquist, T. W. & Cameron, A. G. W. Astr. Space Sci. 48, 145–158 (1977).
Bond, H. E. Astrophys. J. 248, 606–611 (1981).
Klapp, J. thesis, Univ. Oxford (1982).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Tarbet, P., Rowan-Robinson, M. A pregalactic Population III: primordial helium and heavy elements and the microwave background. Nature 298, 711–715 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/298711a0
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/298711a0
- Springer Nature Limited
This article is cited by
-
Distortions of the microwave background spectrum at the epoch of the secondary heating of the cosmic plasma
Il Nuovo Cimento B Series 11 (1985)
-
Is the Universe flat?
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (1984)
-
Can Population III stars generate primordial helium?
Nature (1983)
-
Grain alignment in the intergalactic magnetic field
Astrophysics and Space Science (1983)