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0类原恒星的OVRO N2H +观测:对双星形成的制约

OVRO N2H+ Observations of Class 0 Protostars: Constraints on the Formation of Binary Stars

Xuepeng Chen, Ralf Launhardt, Thomas Henning

摘要:

我们提出的N2 H+(1- 0)发射的干涉研究的结果,从九个附近的,孤立的,低质量的原恒星的核心,使用OVRO毫米阵列。本研究的主要目标是核心的旋转,湍流和破碎的运动学特征。九个对象中的八个具有紧凑的N2 H+核心的半高宽半径为1200 - 3500 AU,空间上与热尘埃连续发射相吻合。样本中唯一演化程度更高(I类)的天体(CB 188)仅显示微弱和扩展的N2 H+发射。平均N2 H+谱线宽度为0.37 km/s。估计的维里质量范围为0.3至1.2 M_sun。我们发现,热和湍流能量的支持是同样重要的,在这些核心,而旋转的支持是可以忽略不计的。测得的速度梯度的核心范围从6至24公里/秒/秒。假设这些梯度是由大量的旋转,我们发现,所观察到的0类原恒星的核心的特定角动量之间的密集(星前)分子云的核心和轨道角动量的宽PMS二元系统。从最小的星前核到原恒星核再到大的PMS双星系统,似乎没有角动量的演化(减少)。在大多数原恒星核心被假设为碎裂并形成双星的背景下,这意味着包含在坍缩区域中的大部分角动量都转化为所产生的恒星双星系统的轨道角动量。

英文摘要:

We present the results of an interferometric study of the N2H+(1--0) emission from nine nearby, isolated, low-mass protostellar cores, using the OVRO millimeter array. The main goal of this study is the kinematic characterization of the cores in terms of rotation, turbulence, and fragmentation. Eight of the nine objects have compact N2H+ cores with FWHM radii of 1200 -- 3500 AU, spatially coinciding with the thermal dust continuum emission. The only more evolved (Class I) object in the sample (CB 188) shows only faint and extended N2H+ emission. The mean N2H+ line width was found to be 0.37 km/s. Estimated virial masses range from 0.3 to 1.2 M_sun. We find that thermal and turbulent energy support are about equally important in these cores, while rotational support is negligible. The measured velocity gradients across the cores range from 6 to 24 km/s/pc. Assuming these gradients are produced by bulk rotation, we find that the specific angular momenta of the observed Class 0 protostellar cores are intermediate between those of dense (prestellar) molecular cloud cores and the orbital angular momenta of wide PMS binary systems. There appears to be no evolution (decrease) of angular momentum from the smallest prestellar cores via protostellar cores to wide PMS binary systems. In the context that most protostellar cores are assumed to fragment and form binary stars, this means that most of the angular momentum contained in the collapse region is transformed into orbital angular momentum of the resulting stellar binary systems.

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