Impacts of stellar wind and supernovae on star cluster formation: Origins of extremely high N/O ratios and multiple stellar populations
Abstract We study metal enrichment originating from stellar wind and supernovae in low-metallicity clouds by performing three-dimensional radiation hydrodynamics simulations. We find that metals ejected from stellar wind are accumulated, leading to subsequent star formation in the nitrogen-enriched gas. During this early phase, the ${\rm N/O}$ ratios are similar to observed nitrogen-enriched galaxies (${\rm [N/O]}\gtrsim 0.5$). Then, once supernovae occur, the ${\rm N/O}$ ratios decrease significantly. If the duration of star formation is comparable to the time-scale of supernovae, the mass fraction of nitrogen-enriched stars reaches half the mass of star clusters. We suggest that the mass of the star cluster needs to exceed $\sim \!10^6$ M$_{\odot }$ to have multiple populations due to stellar wind, considering the condition for massive star cluster formation and the timescales of stellar evolution.
Authors
- Hidenobu Yajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1319-3433)
- Hajime Fukushima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0547-3208)
Institutions
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pasj/psae074
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.66
Funders
- Japan Science and Technology Corporation
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Fusion Oriented REsearch for disruptive Science and Technology