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Another interesting quirk of Pop III stars is that their initial mass function is expected to form much more massive stars than Pop II or Pop I. So even if Pop
by astro-throw 2y ago
Another interesting quirk of Pop III stars is that their initial mass function is expected to form much more massive stars than Pop II or Pop I. So even if Pop III stars are longer lived at the same mass as Pop II or Pop I, there will be a lot more supernovae per time, leading to fast enrichment and then Pop II.
- dredmorbius 2y agoThat was one of my thoughts. Another is that p-p fusion is fairly common. Look up when the Big Room's bright and you'll see a ... stellar example yourself ;-) (p-p fusion dominates in stars < ~1.3 M, where M is a solar mass. CNO fusion is typical of more massive stars.)