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Low-metallicity Star Formation: the characteristic mass and upper mass limit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

Kazuyuki Omukai
Kazuyuki Omukai*
Affiliation:
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan email: omukai@th.nao.ac.jp
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Abstract

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We consider the fragmentation mass scale of low-metallicity clouds based on their thermal evolution. Then we present the protostellar evolution in the main accretion phase, and discuss the upper limit on the stellar mass by the stellar feedback.

Keywords

stars: formationstars: Population II
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Issue S255: Low-Metallicity Star Formation: From the First Stars to Dwarf Galaxies , June 2008 , pp. 49 - 55
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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