1. The IMF of Extremely Metal‐Poor Stars as Constrained by Data from the Milky Way
- Author
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Masayuki Y. Fujimoto, Asao Habe, Takuma Suda, and Yutaka Komiya
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Physics ,Structure formation ,Star formation ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Metallicity ,Milky Way ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astrophysics ,Universe ,Galaxy ,Galactic halo ,Stars ,Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,Astrophysics::Galaxy Astrophysics ,media_common - Abstract
We discuss the star formation history of the Galaxy, based on the observations of extremely metal-poor stars (EMP) in the Galactic halo, to gain an insight into the evolution and structure formation in the early universe. The initialmass function (IMF) of EMP stars is derived from the observed fraction of carbon-enhanced EXP (CEMP) stars among the EMP survivors, which are thought to originate from the evolution in the close binary systems with mass transfer. Relying upon the theory of the evolution of EMP stars and of their binary evolution, we find that stars of metallicity [Fe/H]
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- 2008