乱暴で圧迫された分子雲から10万年にわたる巨大な恒星形成
Christopher F McKee1, Jonathan C Tan
1Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. cmckee@mckee.berkeley.edu
Nature
|March 8, 2002
まとめ
巨大な恒星形成の時間は,誕生雲の条件によって決定され,通常は10 ^ 5年持続します. これにより,高質量と低質量の両方の恒星がクラスターで同時に形成されます.
科学分野:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 恒星の進化について
- 銀河の進化について
背景:
- 巨大な恒星 (M*>8太陽の質量) は,銀河の進化に不可欠であり,重元素を生産し,恒星形成を調節します.
- 恒星形成の持続時間 (t*f) と,恒星質量への依存性は十分に理解されていないため,クラスター形成モデルに影響を与えています.
研究 の 目的:
- 巨大な恒星の典型的な恒星形成時間 (t*f) を決定する.
- t*fが質量増量率と異なる質量を持つ星の共同形成にどのように影響するか調査する.
主な方法:
- 誕生雲の中の星形成条件の分析.
- 雲の圧力と恒星の質量に基づいた質量増加率のモデリング.
主要な成果:
- 恒星形成の時間 (t*f) は,典型的には約10^5年です.
- 質量蓄積率は,誕生時の雲圧 (ガスの表面密度に関係) と恒星質量によって調節される.
- 収縮速度は,原星 ~ 100 M の放射線圧を克服し,強力な流出を駆動することができます.
結論:
- 恒星形成時間 (t*f) は,最終的な恒星質量ではなく,主に誕生雲の条件によって決定されます.
- t*fが恒星質量に弱い依存は,群集内の高質量と低質量星の同時形成を可能にします.
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