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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2(716), p. L190-L194, 2010

DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/716/2/l190

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The clustering properties of the first galaxies

Journal article published in 2009 by Massimo Stiavelli, Michele Trenti ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We study the clustering properties of the first galaxies formed in the Universe. We find that, due to chemical enrichment of the inter-stellar medium by isolated Population III stars formed in mini-halos at redshift z>30, the (chronologically) first galaxies are composed of metal-poor Population II stars and are highly clustered on small scales. In contrast, chemically pristine galaxies in halos with mass M~10^8 M_sun may form at z