First Stars: Their Supernova Explosions and Connections to Extremely Iron-Poor Stars

ORAL  · Invited

Abstract

First stars in the universe must have played crucial roles in the evolution of early universe, yet their nature has not been well-understood. I will present possible theoretical models of first stars, i.e., their evolution with mass accretion, explosions as first supernovae, and explosive nucleosynthesis. I will show how the comparison between the nucleosynthesis yields and the peculiar abundance patterns observed in extremely iron-poor stars can constrain the properties (mass function, explosion energy, asphericity, etc.) of first stars and first supernovae.

*This work has been supported by World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), MEXT, Japan, and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP26400222, JP16H02168, JP17K05382.

Presenters

  • Ken'ichi Nomoto

    • The University of Tokyo

Authors

  • Ken'ichi Nomoto

    • The University of Tokyo