通过降水,反和导电来调节巨型星系中的恒星形成
G M Voit1, M Donahue1, G L Bryan2
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, 567 Wilson Road, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48864, USA.
Nature
|March 6, 2015
概括
巨型星系的恒星形成是由冷气沉到中央黑洞所调节的. 这一由热不稳定驱动的过程发生在各种宇宙条件中,影响银河系的演变.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 银河系的进化 银河系的进化
- 宇宙气体动力学 宇宙气体动力学
背景情况:
- 星团中的大质量星系嵌入热气体中,应该形成比观测到的更多的恒星.
- 黑洞反调节了冷却,但需要对气体的热力学状态进行微调.
- 理论模型表明,通过热不稳定的冷气沉使这种调节成为可能.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究冷气降水值的普遍性.
- 将这个值整合到星系团热力学理论模型中.
- 了解降水与热传导在调节恒星形成中的作用.
主要方法:
- 观测分析星系团中冷气的丰富性.
- 与热不稳定和气体积累的理论模型进行比较.
- 将降水值纳入热力学框架.
主要成果:
- 观察到冷气沉门延伸到集群半径,质量和宇宙时间的大范围.
- 这个值是调节中心星系团星系中恒星形成的关键因素.
- 在某些情况下,热传导可以通过防止降水来抑制恒星形成.
结论:
- 冷气沉是一种强大的机制,调节巨型星系团星系中的恒星形成.
- 降水和热传导之间的相互作用决定了恒星形成的速度.
- 这些发现完善了我们对星系团生态系统和黑洞反的理解.
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