{"doi":"10.1086/177628","publication_status":"published","volume":467,"article_number":"522","publisher":"American Astronomical Society","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0004-637X"],"eissn":["1538-4357"]},"author":[{"last_name":"Haiman","id":"7c006e8c-cc0d-11ee-8322-cb904ef76f36","full_name":"Haiman, Zoltán","orcid":"0000-0003-3633-5403","first_name":"Zoltán"},{"last_name":"Rees","full_name":"Rees, Martin J.","first_name":"Martin J."},{"last_name":"Loeb","full_name":"Loeb, Abraham","first_name":"Abraham"}],"oa":1,"extern":"1","external_id":{"unknown":["astro-ph/9511126"]},"abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"We investigate the formation of molecular hydrogen (H_2_) in a primordial H + He gas cloud irradiated by a power-law UV flux. We find that at high densities (~>1 cm^-3^) and low temperatures (<~10^4^ K), the background radiation enhances the formation of H_2_ and results in molecular cooling dominating over photoionization heating. This process could accelerate the collapse and fragmentation of dense objects at high redshifts."}],"scopus_import":"1","article_processing_charge":"No","publication":"The Astrophysical Journal","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"year":"1996","title":"H 2 cooling of primordial gas triggered by UV irradiation","day":"01","date_updated":"2024-12-10T09:18:05Z","month":"08","type":"journal_article","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","quality_controlled":"1","status":"public","date_published":"1996-08-01T00:00:00Z","intvolume":"       467","_id":"17822","oa_version":"Preprint","date_created":"2024-09-06T11:54:20Z","article_type":"original","main_file_link":[{"url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9511126","open_access":"1"}],"citation":{"short":"Z. Haiman, M.J. Rees, A. Loeb, The Astrophysical Journal 467 (1996).","ista":"Haiman Z, Rees MJ, Loeb A. 1996. H 2 cooling of primordial gas triggered by UV irradiation. The Astrophysical Journal. 467, 522.","apa":"Haiman, Z., Rees, M. J., &#38; Loeb, A. (1996). H 2 cooling of primordial gas triggered by UV irradiation. <i>The Astrophysical Journal</i>. American Astronomical Society. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1086/177628\">https://doi.org/10.1086/177628</a>","ieee":"Z. Haiman, M. J. Rees, and A. Loeb, “H 2 cooling of primordial gas triggered by UV irradiation,” <i>The Astrophysical Journal</i>, vol. 467. American Astronomical Society, 1996.","chicago":"Haiman, Zoltán, Martin J. Rees, and Abraham Loeb. “H 2 Cooling of Primordial Gas Triggered by UV Irradiation.” <i>The Astrophysical Journal</i>. American Astronomical Society, 1996. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1086/177628\">https://doi.org/10.1086/177628</a>.","mla":"Haiman, Zoltán, et al. “H 2 Cooling of Primordial Gas Triggered by UV Irradiation.” <i>The Astrophysical Journal</i>, vol. 467, 522, American Astronomical Society, 1996, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1086/177628\">10.1086/177628</a>.","ama":"Haiman Z, Rees MJ, Loeb A. H 2 cooling of primordial gas triggered by UV irradiation. <i>The Astrophysical Journal</i>. 1996;467. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1086/177628\">10.1086/177628</a>"}}