在10万年内,巨大的恒星形成来自乱和高压分子云
Christopher F McKee1, Jonathan C Tan
1Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. cmckee@mckee.berkeley.edu
Nature
|March 8, 2002
概括
巨大的恒星形成时间取决于出生云的条件,通常持续10^5年. 这使得高质量和低质量恒星在星团中同时形成.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 恒星进化 恒星进化
- 银河系进化 银河系进化
背景情况:
- 大质量恒星 (M*>8太阳质量) 对于银河系进化至关重要,它们产生重元素并调节恒星形成.
- 恒星形成的持续时间 (t*f) 和它对恒星质量的依赖性是鲜为人知的,影响了星团形成模型.
研究的目的:
- 确定大质量恒星的典型恒星形成时间 (t*f).
- 研究t*f如何影响质量积累率和不同质量的恒星的共同形成.
主要方法:
- 分析出生云中的恒星形成条件.
- 基于云压力和恒星质量的质量增加率的建模.
主要成果:
- 恒星形成时间 (t*f) 通常为10^5年左右.
- 质量积累速率由出生云压力 (与气体表面密度相关) 和恒星质量调节.
- 积聚速率可以克服原星~100M的辐射压力,并驱动强大的外流.
结论:
- 恒星形成时间 (t*f) 主要取决于出生云的条件,而不是最终的恒星质量.
- t*f对恒星质量的弱依赖使得星团内同时形成高质量和低质量恒星.
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