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We present zero-age models of Population III stars that demonstrate these stars have enhanced ionizing photon production relative to metal-enriched stars. We comment on the possibility that these stars reionized the universe and calculate a critical rate of metal-free star formation required to reionize H by z = 5. We speculate on the effects of our models on various other cosmological processes.
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Tumlinson, J. Light and Metals from Population III Stars. In: Weiss, A., Abel, T.G., Hill, V. (eds) The First Stars. ESO ASTROPHYSICS SYMPOSIA. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10719504_32
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