对于大质量恒星形成的最小柱子密度为1gcm(-2)
Mark R Krumholz1, Christopher F McKee
1Astrophysics Department, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA. krumholz@astro.princeton.edu
Nature
|February 29, 2008
概括
大质量恒星在高柱密度 (至少1g cm-2) 的气体云中形成,防止碎片化. 这个值解释了大质量恒星的形成地点,并暗示了星系中恒星形成速度的变化.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 星星形成的形成
背景情况:
- 大质量恒星是罕见但至关重要的宇宙能量来源,也是遥远星系中可观测的信标.
- 崩的气体云中的高效辐射冷却通常会导致碎片化,有利于低质量恒星的形成.
- 银河系环境中大规模恒星形成所需的特定条件在很大程度上仍未确定.
研究的目的:
- 确定气体云对于形成大质量恒星所必需的关键性质.
- 研究影响银河系内大质量恒星形成的环境因素.
- 为了解释观察到的现象,如恒星初始质量函数和银河系盘中的辐射概况.
主要方法:
- 对形成恒星的气体云崩的理论模型的分析.
- 研究辐射冷却和加热机制在碎片化中的作用.
- 将云柱密度值与观测到的大质量恒星团属性相关联.
主要成果:
- 气体云的最小柱密度值为1gcm−2,以避免碎片化和形成大质量恒星.
- 这一门解释了大质量恒星团的特征柱密度.
- 这些发现协调了银河系盘中H-alpha和紫外线辐射的辐射配置的差异.
结论:
- 确定的柱密度值是控制大质量恒星形成的关键因素.
- 预计恒星初始质量函数 (IMF) 随银河系环境而变化.
- 由于这个值效应,某些银河系区域的恒星形成率可能以前被低估了.
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