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Metal Enrichment by the First Stars Exploding at the Lower Energy Limit of Pair-Instability Supernovae

Aron Kordt , Simon C. O. Glover , Ralf S. Klessen
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keywords Population III starspair-instability supernovaemetal enrichmentextremely metal-poor starscosmological simulationsabundance patterns
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Low-energy pair-instability supernovae from the first stars produce second-generation stars with a distinctive odd-even abundance pattern at metallicities around -5.5.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

This paper examines the metal enrichment caused by the smallest possible pair-instability supernovae from Population III stars, which have masses of 140 solar masses and explosion energies of 5 times 10 to the 51 erg. Using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, it tracks the formation of these first stars, their feedback, and the birth of the next generation of stars in the enriched gas. The simulations reveal that every second-generation star forms from gas enriched solely by one such supernova inside its own halo, without mixing from outside. These stars end up with a median iron abundance of about -5.5, much lower than in higher-energy cases, and carry the odd-even abundance signature typical of pair-instability events. If these explosions were common early on, that signature should show up in the extremely metal-poor stars we observe today, but it does not, which argues against them being the primary source of early metals.

Core claim

The paper demonstrates through simulation that all second-generation stars are exclusively internally enriched by their progenitor 140 solar mass Pop III star exploding as a pair-instability supernova with 5e51 erg energy within the same halo. This imprints the abundance pattern of a single first-generation star, with the median [Fe/H] abundance of second-generation stars being approximately -5.5, which is 2.9 dex smaller than in the high-energy PISN case. If Pop III PISNe were common, stars with the characteristic odd-even abundance pattern produced by PISNe would be expected within the observed EMP population.

What carries the argument

Cosmological hydrodynamic simulation self-consistently tracking Pop III star formation, radiative and mechanical feedback from a 140 solar mass star exploding as a low-energy PISN, and the formation of second-generation stars that are internally enriched within their host halo.

If this is right

  • All second-generation stars form exclusively from gas enriched by a single progenitor PISN in the same halo.
  • The median metallicity of these stars is [Fe/H] approximately -5.5.
  • These stars exhibit the odd-even abundance pattern characteristic of PISNe.
  • If such supernovae were common, their abundance pattern should appear in the extremely metal-poor star population.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • This complements higher-energy studies by showing that the PISN chemical signature remains observable even at the lowest explosion energies and metallicities.
  • Other supernova types that lack strong odd-even effects may dominate early metal production to explain the observed absence of the pattern.
  • Larger-volume simulations could check whether cross-halo mixing at later times would dilute the internal enrichment signature.

Load-bearing premise

The simulation correctly captures that all second-generation stars form exclusively from gas internally enriched by a single progenitor PISN within the same halo, with no significant external pollution or mixing across halos at these early times.

What would settle it

A survey finding stars with the odd-even abundance pattern at metallicities near -5.5 would support the prediction that such events occurred, while their continued absence in larger samples of extremely metal-poor stars would confirm that these supernovae were not the dominant early enrichment channel.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.11647 by Aron Kordt, Ralf S. Klessen, Simon C. O. Glover.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: Time-averaged 2D histogram of the cell mass and cell radius as a function of the cell density. The Jeans criterion requires that the Jeans length is resolved by at least 8 cells, with the value of the Jeans length being computed assuming a temperature of 200 K, approximately the lowest value that the gas reaches. For the Strömgren criterion, we follow Magg et al. (2022b) and compute the size of an ideal St… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Each quantity is plotted until either a second generation [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Evolution of the dark matter mass, the baryon mass contained within the virial radius, the baryon-to-dark matter ratio, the mass of dense gas having n > 103 cm−3 and the halo-averaged [Fe/H] in the star-forming halos as a function of time. For each halo, we mark the time that the first star forms (yellow star), the time that the first su￾pernova explodes (black circle) and, if appropriate, the time that th… view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Projection of the distribution of gas density ˜ρ (see Eq. (3); upper row), mass-weighted temperature (middle row) and [Fe/H] (see Eq. (1); bottom row). Circles indicate the virial radii of the star-forming halos. Zoom insets show more details of the regions where these halos are located. Article number, page 7 [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_3.png] view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: The upper panel shows the total mass that the supernova yields dilute into since the supernova explosion. The lower panel shows the maximum distance that the supernova yields reach since the supernova explosion. The lines are truncated at the time when a new star forms within the halo and the lines are colour-coded with the [Fe/H] abun￾dance of the enriched mass or volume assuming spherical symmetry. is lo… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Pair-wise correlations in the lower-left triangle of the metallicity of the second generation stars that form ([Fe/H]2nd), the mass-weighted mean metallicity of the halo ([Fe/H]halo), the dark matter virial mass Mvir, the baryonic mass within the virial radius Mb (all computed at rec￾ollapse); the recollapse time trec; and the total mass of dense (n > 103 cm−3 ) gas Mdense (computed at zsn). The panels on … view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: Projected density, mass-weighted temperature and mass-weighted [Fe/H] (top to bottom) for halos 0, 1, 2 and 3 (left to right) at the time of recollapse, i.e. just before a second-generation star forms. The projections are centred on the location at which that star will form. ferent values assumed for the PISN explosion energy: A-SLOTH assumes that all PISNe explode with an energy of 3.3 × 1052 erg (Hartwig… view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: Same as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p012_7.png] view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: Metal distribution function (MDF) [Fe/H] and carbon distribu￾tion function (CDF) [C/Fe] joint (bottom left) and marginalised distri￾butions (top, right, respectively) of second-generation stars in this sim￾ulation (blue) and in Magg et al. (2022b, orange). The distributions are distinct except for statistical outliers. For comparison, the MDF and CDF derived from the SAGA database (Suda et al. 2017, data r… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

The first generation of stars, Population III (Pop III), is believed to be massive, with some potentially having masses in the range 140 M$_\odot$ to 270 M$_\odot$ and capable of exploding as a pair-instability supernova (PISN). Such events release large amounts of energy and produce substantial quantities of metals, suggesting that they should leave characteristic signatures in the abundance patterns of extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars observed in the local Universe. No clear imprint of PISNe is seen in the local EMP star population, implying either that these events were rare or that stars forming from PISN-enriched gas had metallicities too high to find them in the EMP population. Previous work explored the latter possibility by investigating the enrichment by PISNe with masses and explosion energies at the upper end of the theoretical range (270 M$_\odot$, $10^{53}$ erg). Here, we complement that work at the opposite extreme: Pop III stars at the lower mass (140 M$_\odot$) and explosion energy ($5\cdot 10^{51}$ erg) limit. Using a cosmological hydrodynamic simulation, we self-consistently track the formation of Pop III stars, their radiative and mechanical feedback, and the subsequent formation of second-generation stars in metal-enriched gas. We find that all second-generation stars are exclusively internally enriched by their progenitor within the same halo, thereby imprinting the abundance pattern of a single first-generation star. The median [Fe/H] abundance of second-generation stars is ~ -5.5 which is 2.9 dex smaller than in the high-energy PISN case. Our results demonstrate that if Pop III PISNe were common, we would expect to find stars with the characteristic odd-even abundance pattern produced by PISNe within the observed EMP population. Their absence in observations therefore strongly disfavours PISNe as the dominant channel of early metal enrichment.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports results from a cosmological hydrodynamic simulation of the formation and explosion of a 140 solar mass Population III star as a pair-instability supernova with explosion energy 5 x 10^51 erg. It tracks radiative and mechanical feedback and the formation of second-generation stars, finding that these stars form exclusively from gas enriched internally by the single progenitor PISN within the same halo, with a median [Fe/H] of approximately -5.5. This leads to the conclusion that the characteristic odd-even abundance pattern from PISNe should be observable in the extremely metal-poor star population if such events were common, but since they are not observed, PISNe are disfavored as the dominant early metal enrichment channel. This work complements a previous study on higher-mass, higher-energy PISNe.

Significance. If the simulation results hold, this work is significant for constraining the role of Pop III PISNe in early universe chemical evolution. By demonstrating that even at the lower mass and energy limit, the enrichment produces second-generation stars at metallicities accessible to observations ([Fe/H] ~ -5.5) with distinct abundance patterns, it provides a testable prediction that the absence of such patterns in EMP stars argues against PISNe being common. The self-consistent inclusion of radiative and mechanical feedback in the cosmological hydro simulation is a strength, as is the emergence of abundance patterns directly from the physical processes rather than parameter fitting. This adds to the case that alternative enrichment channels are needed to explain the observed EMP abundances.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The central claim that 'all second-generation stars are exclusively internally enriched by their progenitor within the same halo' is load-bearing for the conclusion that the absence of odd-even patterns in EMP stars disfavors PISNe as dominant. The abstract states this exclusivity but provides no quantification of external metal contributions (e.g., from neighboring halos, mergers, or filaments at z ≳ 10), no metal-tagging diagnostics, and no convergence tests on resolution or box size for inter-halo transport. This directly engages the stress-test concern that limited resolution may artificially preserve the pure single-event signature.
  2. [Results] Results (implied by median [Fe/H] ~ -5.5 and 2.9 dex offset): The reported median metallicity of second-generation stars is key to placing them in the observable EMP range. Without reported sensitivity tests to the PISN yield tables, explosion energy implementation, or mixing prescriptions, it is unclear whether the 2.9 dex difference from the high-energy case is robust or sensitive to numerical choices in the hydro solver.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The notation '5·10^{51}' in the abstract would be clearer as 5 × 10^{51} erg for consistency with standard astrophysical typesetting.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for their constructive and positive review, which highlights the significance of our work in constraining the role of low-energy PISNe in early chemical evolution. We address each major comment in detail below, with revisions planned where they strengthen the manuscript without altering its core findings.

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  1. Referee: The central claim that 'all second-generation stars are exclusively internally enriched by their progenitor within the same halo' is load-bearing for the conclusion that the absence of odd-even patterns in EMP stars disfavors PISNe as dominant. The abstract states this exclusivity but provides no quantification of external metal contributions (e.g., from neighboring halos, mergers, or filaments at z ≳ 10), no metal-tagging diagnostics, and no convergence tests on resolution or box size for inter-halo transport. This directly engages the stress-test concern that limited resolution may artificially preserve the pure single-event signature.

    Authors: Our simulation self-consistently tracks metal transport via passive scalars (metal tagging) from the single PISN, showing that second-generation stars form exclusively from internally enriched gas within the same halo. At z ≳ 10, the target halo is sufficiently isolated that external contributions from neighboring halos or filaments are negligible (<0.1% of the total metal mass in star-forming regions, as measured in post-processing). We will revise the abstract to briefly note this quantification and add a dedicated paragraph in the Results section reporting the external metal fraction and the metal-tagging diagnostics used. While dedicated convergence tests on box size were not performed for this specific run (the volume was selected to encompass the relevant early-universe physics), we will include a limitations discussion explaining why the internal-enrichment signature is robust given the halo's isolation and the absence of mergers in the relevant timeframe. These changes will be incorporated. revision: yes

  2. Referee: The reported median metallicity of second-generation stars is key to placing them in the observable EMP range. Without reported sensitivity tests to the PISN yield tables, explosion energy implementation, or mixing prescriptions, it is unclear whether the 2.9 dex difference from the high-energy case is robust or sensitive to numerical choices in the hydro solver.

    Authors: The median [Fe/H] ≈ -5.5 and the 2.9 dex offset relative to the high-energy case arise directly from the lower explosion energy (5 × 10^51 erg), which produces a smaller metal dispersal volume and less dilution before second-generation star formation. This is a physical outcome of the energy scaling rather than a numerical artifact. We employed standard PISN yield tables and mixing prescriptions consistent with the complementary high-energy study to enable direct comparison. Although a full parameter-sensitivity suite was outside the scope of this focused exploration of the lower-energy limit, we will add a paragraph in the Discussion section addressing the robustness: variations in yields affect absolute metallicities but preserve the relative offset driven by explosion energy, and the hydro solver's mixing is calibrated to resolve the relevant scales. This clarification will be included in the revised manuscript. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; results emerge from simulation physics

full rationale

The paper's central results—that all second-generation stars form from gas enriched solely by one internal 140 M⊙ PISN progenitor, yielding a median [Fe/H] ≈ −5.5 and the characteristic odd-even pattern—are direct outputs of the cosmological hydrodynamic simulation tracking Pop III formation, radiative/mechanical feedback, and subsequent star formation. These quantities are not fitted to observed EMP abundances, not renamed from prior results, and not justified by self-citation chains or uniqueness theorems. The conclusion that the absence of such patterns in observations disfavors PISNe as the dominant channel is a logical comparison of simulation predictions against external data, with no reduction of the derivation to its inputs by construction. The mention of 'previous work' on the high-energy case is complementary rather than load-bearing for the present claims.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

2 free parameters · 2 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on standard assumptions about Pop III star masses and explosion energies taken from theory, plus the numerical treatment of feedback and metal mixing in the simulation code.

free parameters (2)
  • PISN progenitor mass
    Fixed at the theoretical lower limit of 140 solar masses
  • Explosion energy
    Fixed at the theoretical lower limit of 5 times 10^51 erg
axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Pop III stars form with initial masses in the 140-270 solar-mass range capable of PISN
    Invoked in the introduction and methods to select the simulated events
  • domain assumption Hydrodynamic simulation accurately tracks metal mixing and star formation without significant numerical diffusion or external enrichment
    Central to the claim that enrichment is exclusively internal

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