arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 0707.1279astro-ph
收藏

第一千一百零六章大规模恒星形成的理解

Toward Understanding Massive Star Formation

Hans Zinnecker, Harold W. Yorke

摘要:

虽然是天体物理学的基础,但产生大质量恒星的过程并没有得到很好的理解。大的距离,高灭绝,和关键的进化阶段的短时间尺度使这些过程的观察具有挑战性。由于缺乏良好的观测指导,理论模型仍然存在争议。这篇评论提供了大质量分子核心坍缩的基本描述,并对大质量恒星形成的三个相互竞争的概念进行了批判性的讨论:- 孤立核中的整体坍塌-原星团环境中的竞争吸积-非常致密系统中的恒星碰撞和合并我们还回顾了观测到的大质量恒星的外流、多重性和成团性质,初始质量函数上限和质量上限。我们的结论是,高质量恒星的形成不仅仅是一个放大版本的低质量恒星形成与更高的吸积率,但部分是自己的机制,主要是由于恒星质量和辐射压力在控制动力学的作用。

英文摘要:

Although fundamental for astrophysics, the processes that produce massive stars are not well understood. Large distances, high extinction, and short timescales of critical evolutionary phases make observations of these processes challenging. Lacking good observational guidance, theoretical models have remained controversial. This review offers a basic description of the collapse of a massive molecular core and a critical discussion of the three competing concepts of massive star formation: - monolithic collapse in isolated cores - competitive accretion in a protocluster environment - stellar collisions and mergers in very dense systems We also review the observed outflows, multiplicity, and clustering properties of massive stars, the upper initial mass function and the upper mass limit. We conclude that high-mass star formation is not merely a scaled-up version of low-mass star formation with higher accretion rates, but partly a mechanism of its own, primarily owing to the role of stellar mass and radiation pressure in controlling the dynamics.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑