低金属性矮星銀河WLMのCOによって明らかになった密度の高い雲の核
Monica Rubio1, Bruce G Elmegreen2, Deidre A Hunter3
1Departamento de Astronomía, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 36-D, 8320000 Santiago, Chile.
Nature
|September 11, 2015
まとめ
ウルフ・ランドマーク・メロッテ銀河における一酸化炭素 (CO) 雲の観測は,典型的な密度を明らかにし,矮星銀河における星群形成を説明している. 雲の質量が低く,外部の圧縮が起こらない限り,これらのクラスターは小さいことを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 天文学と天体物理学
- 銀河の進化
- 星の形成
背景:
- 恒星の誕生には,主に水素 (H2) で構成され,一酸化炭素 (CO) によって追跡される分子雲の観測が必要です.
- 矮小の不規則な銀河のような低金属環境は,濃厚な雲の中でCOの形成と生存に課題をもたらします.
- 以前のCO検出制限は,このような低金属性系における星形成の研究を妨げていた.
研究 の 目的:
- 低金属性矮星乱星系ウルフ・ランドマーク・メロッテ (WLM) の一酸化炭素 (CO) 雲の性質を調査する.
- 矮星銀河の星群形成に CO 雲の特徴が及ぼす影響を理解する.
- 金属度が低い環境で 巨大な星群の形成における 外部トリガーの役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- インターフェロメトリック観測は,WLM銀河のCO雲を検出および分析するために使用されました.
- WLMの金属性は太陽光値の13%で,以前のCO検出値より大幅に低かった.
- 雲の密度や柱の密度が 銀河系で見られたものと比べられました
主要な成果:
- 低金属度にもかかわらず,WLMでCO雲が検出され,以前確立された検出値の50%を下回りました.
- これらの雲は典型的な密度と柱の密度を示し,銀河系に匹敵する.
- 検出された雲は,周囲の原子とH2の封筒に比べて小さかった.
結論:
- WLMの雲の通常のCO密度は,不規則な矮星と巨大な渦巻き銀河で形成される星群で観測された類似の密度を説明します.
- これらのCO雲の低質量は,銀河規模の圧縮の影響を受けない限り,WLMの星団は低質量である可能性を示唆しています.
- 銀河のハロで金属が少ない巨大な球状星団の形成は,矮星銀河から発生した可能性があるが,銀河の衝突によって引き起こされた可能性がある.
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