柯伊伯带双星的形成是由动态摩擦和三体碰撞造成的
Peter Goldreich1, Yoram Lithwick, Re'em Sari
1School of Natural Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA.
Nature
|December 13, 2002
概括
柯伊伯带双星可能是通过引力相互作用而不是碰撞形成的. 通过动态摩擦或引力散射的能量损失稳定了这些在太阳系历史早期的广轨道对.
科学领域:
- 行星科学 行星科学
- 太阳系的形成太阳系的形成
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
背景情况:
- 柯伊伯带是海王星之外的一个区域,包含像冥王星和哈伦这样的冰冷天体.
- 柯伊伯带天体 (KBO) 的很小一部分被观测为宽二进制星.
- 碰撞形成不能解释这些二进制星的观测频率.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究柯伊伯带宽二进制星的形成机制.
- 为了确定无碰撞的引力相互作用是否可以解释观测到的二进制星.
- 确定负责二进制稳定的能量消耗机制.
主要方法:
- 在它们的Hill球体内模拟大物体之间的引力相互作用.
- 研究的能量损失机制:来自小物体的动态摩擦和第三个物体的引力散射.
- 根据这些机制,估计了二进制星形成的频率.
主要成果:
- 短暂的二进制星体形成时,两个大物体穿透对方的希尔球.
- 通过小物体的动态摩擦损失能量是稳定轨道的一种稍微受欢迎的机制.
- 第三个大物体的重力散射是一种替代的稳定机制.
结论:
- 柯伊伯带双星很可能是在失控的积累过程中通过无碰撞的引力相互作用形成的.
- 预测5%的KBO是二进制的,分离>0.2弧秒.
- 表明大多数KBO二进制是更紧密的或更高多重性的系统的一部分.
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