%0 Generic %1 desouza2014probing %A de Souza, R. S. %A Ishida, E. E. O. %A Whalen, D. J. %A Johnson, J. %A Ferrara, A. %D 2014 %K detection imf popIII %T Probing the Pop III initial mass function with primordial supernovae %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.2995 %X The first supernovae will soon be visible at the edge of the observable universe, revealing the birthplaces of Population III stars. With upcoming near-infrared missions, a broad analysis of the detectability of Population III supernovae is paramount. We combine cosmological and radiation transport simulations, instrument specifications, and survey strategies to create synthetic observations of primeval core-collapse, Type IIn and pair-instability supernovae with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We show that a dedicated observational campaign with the JWST can detect up to $15$ pair-instability explosions, $300$ core-collapse supernovae, but less than one Type IIn explosion per year, depending on the Population III star formation history. Our synthetic survey also shows that $10^2$ supernova detections, properly classified, are sufficient to discriminate between a Salpeter and flat mass distribution for primordial stars with a confidence level greater than 99.5 per cent.

@misc{desouza2014probing, abstract = {The first supernovae will soon be visible at the edge of the observable universe, revealing the birthplaces of Population III stars. With upcoming near-infrared missions, a broad analysis of the detectability of Population III supernovae is paramount. We combine cosmological and radiation transport simulations, instrument specifications, and survey strategies to create synthetic observations of primeval core-collapse, Type IIn and pair-instability supernovae with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We show that a dedicated observational campaign with the JWST can detect up to $\sim 15$ pair-instability explosions, $\sim 300$ core-collapse supernovae, but less than one Type IIn explosion per year, depending on the Population III star formation history. Our synthetic survey also shows that $\sim 10^2$ supernova detections, properly classified, are sufficient to discriminate between a Salpeter and flat mass distribution for primordial stars with a confidence level greater than 99.5 per cent.}, added-at = {2014-01-15T10:01:20.000+0100}, author = {de Souza, R. S. and Ishida, E. E. O. and Whalen, D. J. and Johnson, J. and Ferrara, A.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25f802e5cf416510823478ac39e3d708d/miki}, description = {[1401.2995] Probing the Pop III initial mass function with primordial supernovae}, interhash = {4041fe6e7d4a68a44293ef557cd26e4f}, intrahash = {5f802e5cf416510823478ac39e3d708d}, keywords = {detection imf popIII}, note = {cite arxiv:1401.2995Comment: 13 pages, 7 figures. Comments are welcome}, timestamp = {2014-01-15T10:01:20.000+0100}, title = {Probing the Pop III initial mass function with primordial supernovae}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.2995}, year = 2014 }