Multiple Feedback in Low-Metallicity Massive Star Formation. Issue Volume 14:Issue S344(2019) (August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tanaka, Kei E. I.; Tan, Jonathan C.; Zhang, Yichen; Hosokawa, Takashi
• Editors: McQuinn, Kristen B. W.; Stierwalt, Sabrina
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 14:Issue S344(2019)
• Page Start: 190
• Page End: 194
• Publication Date: 2018-08
• Subjects: stars: evolution – stars: formation – stars: luminosity function, -- mass function – stars: winds, -- outflows; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S1743921318005549
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: We theoretically investigate the impact of feedback and its metallicity dependence in massive star formation from prestellar cores at all metallicity range. We include the feedback by MHD disk winds, radiation pressure, and photoevaporation solving the evolution of protostars and accretion flows self-consistently. Interestingly, we find that the feedback does not set the upper mass limit of stellar birth mass at any metallicity. At the solar metallicity, the MHD disk wind is the dominant feedback to set the star formation efficiencies (SFEs) from the prestellar cores similar to low-mass star formation. The SFE is found to be lower at lower surface density environment. The photoevaporation becomes significant at the low metallicity of Z < 10 −2 Z⊙ . Considering this efficient photoevaporation, we conclude that the IMF slope is steeper, i.e., massive stars are rarer at the extremely metal-poor environment of 10 −5 − 10 −3 Z⊙ . Our study raises a question on the common assumption of the universal IMF with a truncated at 100 M ⊙ . Since the total feedback strength in the cluster/galaxy scale is sensitive to the number fraction of massive stars, the re-evaluations of IMF at various environments are necessary.