由于短暂的分子云和快速反, 恒星的形成速度快且低效
J M Diederik Kruijssen1,2, Andreas Schruba3, Mélanie Chevance4
1Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. kruijssen@uni-heidelberg.de.
Nature
|May 24, 2019
概括
巨大的恒星通过恒星反迅速分散气体云,限制恒星形成的周期短. 这解释了为什么星系的恒星形成比预期的要慢,
科学领域:
- 天文学与天体物理学
- 宇宙进化
- 星系的形成
背景情况:
- 星系形成和星系反是星系形成模拟中的关键不确定性.
- 在巨型分子云的规模上了解这些过程至关重要.
- 星星形成与云的动态时间尺度之间的差异仍然无法解释.
研究的目的:
- 研究分子气体与巨型分子云中的高质量恒星形成之间的关系.
- 为了确定云的演变和恒星形成的时间表.
- 了解星系反在银河系进化中的作用.
主要方法:
- 螺旋星系NGC300的高角度分辨率观测.
- 对分子气体和高质量恒星形成分布的分析.
- 应用统计方法来量化进化时间表.
主要成果:
- 分子气体和高质量恒星形成在巨大的分子云尺度上是空间不相关的.
- 这种关系表明云,恒星形成和反之间的快速进化循环.
- 有效的恒星反,主要来自辐射和恒星风,在150万年内分散云.
结论:
- 由于恒星的快速反,云的寿命仅限于一个动态时间尺度 (约1000万年).
- 云中的星体形成效率很低 (2-3%).
- 星系由强烈的反驱动生命周期构成, 形成星系.
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