太阳附近的恒星形成是由局部气泡的膨胀驱动的
Catherine Zucker1,2, Alyssa A Goodman3, João Alves4
1Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA, USA. catherine.zucker@cfa.harvard.edu.
Nature
|January 13, 2022
概括
太阳位于局部气泡中, 新的研究揭示了它的外是由超新星形成的,
科学领域:
- 天文学与天体物理学
- 星际介质物理
背景情况:
- 太阳位于局部气泡中,这是一个低密度,高温的等离子体腔.
- 由于低分辨率的模型,本地气泡的外,形状,形成和与恒星形成的关系仍然不太清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查地方泡的三维结构和动态.
- 确定本地气泡的起源和进化历史及其对本地恒星形成的影响.
主要方法:
- 在200帕塞克内分析密集气体和年轻恒星的3D位置,形状和运动.
- 使用新的空间和动态约束来实现高分辨率建模.
主要成果:
- 太阳附近的恒星形成复合体位于局部气泡的表面.
- 年轻的恒星呈现出垂直于气泡表面的向外膨胀.
- 运动痕迹表明本地气泡起源于大约1400万年前的一次恒星诞生和超新星爆发.
结论:
- 超新星的膨胀形成了局部气泡的外,
- 碎并崩,形成附近的突出分子云.
- 这些发现为超新星驱动的恒星形成理论提供了观测支持.
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