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Dust in the first galaxies

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(2017)cite arxiv:1709.06647Comment: 6 pages, 5 figures.

Abstract

Using cosmological volume simulations and a custom built sub-grid model for Pop III star formation, we examine the baseline dust extinction in the first galaxies due to Pop~III metal enrichment in the first billion years of cosmic history. We find that while the most enriched, high-density lines of sight in primordial galaxies can experience a measurable amount of extinction from Pop III dust ($E(B-V)_max=0.07,\ A_V,max\approx0.28$), the average extinction is very low with $łeft< E(B-V) \right> 10^-3$. We derive a power-law relationship between dark matter halo mass and extinction of $E(B-V)M_halo^0.80$. Performing a Monte Carlo parameter study, we establish the baseline reddening of the UV spectra of dwarf galaxies at high redshift due to Pop III enrichment only. With this method, we find $łeft<\beta_UV\right>-2.72\pm0.12$, which is both nearly halo mass and redshift independent.

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