巨大なプロトスターの形成は,ガスの円盤の蓄積を通して起こります
Rolf Chini1, Vera Hoffmeister, Stefan Kimeswenger
1Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 44780 Bochum, Germany. chini@astro.rub.de
Nature
|May 14, 2004
まとめ
観測により,大規模な蓄積円盤から形成された巨大な恒星が明らかにされ,以前の理論に異議を唱えました. この発見は,恒星の合併ではなく,蓄積が,高質量星の誕生の鍵であることを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学について
- 恒星の形成と進化について
背景:
- 低質量恒星形成は重力崩壊と増殖を伴う.
- 放射圧は理論的に原星質量を制限し,恒星合併のような高質量恒星形成の代替メカニズムを示唆しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 高質量星の形成メカニズムを調査する.
- 巨大な恒星の誕生に関する既存の理論を支持または反対の観測的証拠を提供する.
主な方法:
- 観測天文学は,巨大な原星とその周囲の周周周円盤に焦点を当てています.
- 蓄積プロセスと質量蓄積の分析.
主要な成果:
- 大きな回転する円盤からの増殖によって形成される巨大な恒星の直接観測.
- 原星は既に太陽の質量20倍に達し,増加が続いている.
- 周囲の円盤には,少なくとも100太陽質量のガスが含まれており,さらなる成長の可能性を示しています.
結論:
- 巨大な円盤を通じた収縮は,太陽の10-40倍の質量を持つ恒星を形成するための有効なメカニズムです.
- 高質量恒星は主に恒星合併によって形成されるという理論に異議を唱える.
- 巨大な恒星形成における円盤の蓄積に直接的な観測的サポートを提供します.
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