Population III cosmology

Although, strictly speaking, not an alternative cosmology, the notion of Population III stars assumes increasing importance in the resolution of anomalies associated with nucleogenesis, dark matter and 3K backgroimd radiation in standard cosmology. The subject is reviewed by Carr et al. (1984), with many references. 

Population III stars correspond to the missing supergiants, high up the main sequence, mentioned by Hoyle (1955). The comment that stars above the main-sequence limit of a cluster 

Although it remains unclear how to fine-tune the nucleosynthesis without overproducing either helium or heavy elements, these proposals have become incorporated into ACDM cosmologies (section 5.2.2), which do not rely on Population 111 to provide the dark matter. 

Bazin M. Schiffer (1965) Introduction to General Relativity, McGraw-Hill, NY. 

(1983) Related Galaxies with different Redshifts , Sky and Telescope, 1983 (65) 307-309. 

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