由巨大的年轻星团积聚的气体形成新的恒星群
Chengyuan Li1,2,3, Richard de Grijs1,4, Licai Deng2
1Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics and Department of Astronomy, Peking University, Yi He Yuan Lu 5, Hai Dian District, Beijing 100871, China.
Nature
|January 29, 2016
概括
巨大的恒星团可能通过气体积聚形成新的恒星,解释了多个恒星群. 这挑战了古代球状星团的单爆形成理论.
科学领域:
- 天文学和天体物理学
- 恒星的演变
- 星系的形成
背景情况:
- 巨大的星团通常在一次事件中形成恒星.
- 旧的巨型球状星团呈现出多个恒星群体,表明多个恒星形成的情节.
- 来自非对称巨支恒星的碰撞恒星风是大质量星团中第二代恒星形成的诱因.
研究的目的:
- 在巨大的星团中研究多个恒星群的形成机制.
- 测试气体积聚能在星团中的恒星形成的假设.
- 探索银河系环境在形成星团进化中的作用.
主要方法:
- 在马格伦星云中观测了三颗巨大的年轻星团 (年龄为1-2亿年).
- 对恒星群体的分析以确定不同的恒星形成时代.
- 银河系气体盘中的气体积累模型.
主要成果:
- 在最初的星团形成几亿年后发生的爆发式恒星形成的证据.
- 证明气体积聚是推动后期恒星形成的可行机制.
- 在球状星团中解释多个恒星群的潜在途径的识别.
结论:
- 银河系盘内的气体积累可以使巨大的恒星团中发生多个恒星形成事件.
- 这种积聚过程为古代球状星团中观察到的多个恒星群体提供了合理的解释.
- 这些发现挑战了单爆形成模型,并强调了环境因素在集群演变中的重要性.
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