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A pregalactic Population III: primordial helium and heavy elements and the microwave background

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The helium, heavy elements and dark remnants produced by a pregalactic generation of stars, Population III, are discussed quantitatively for three scenarios: (1) Population III is responsible for the distortion of the microwave background spectrum measured by Woody and Richards; (2) Population III objects generate the whole of the microwave background; (3) Population III provides the oldest metals found in our Galaxy today.

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Tarbet, P., Rowan-Robinson, M. A pregalactic Population III: primordial helium and heavy elements and the microwave background. Nature 298, 711–715 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/298711a0

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