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嵌入、吸积原恒星星系演化的全球模型

Global Models for the Evolution of Embedded, Accreting Protostellar Disks

Kaitlin M. Kratter, Christopher D. Matzner, Mark R. Krumholz, .

摘要:

迄今为止,大多数关于原恒星盘的分析工作都集中在那些与环境隔离的原恒星盘上。然而,观测现在开始探索恒星形成的最早、最嵌入的阶段,在此期间,盘从其母核迅速吸积,不能孤立地建模。本文提出了一个简单的高质量下落率原恒星吸积盘的单区模型。我们的模型结合了一个自洽的计算磁盘温度的近似处理的角动量输运通过两种机制。我们使用这个模型来调查的性质的原恒星盘在广泛的恒星质量和演化时间,并作出预测磁盘的质量,大小,螺旋结构,和碎片,将直接测试未来的大规模调查深嵌入磁盘。我们定义了一个无量纲的吸积旋转参数,结合磁盘的温度,控制磁盘的演变。我们跟踪角动量传输的主导模式,并证明,对于最终质量大于大约一个太阳质量的恒星,引力不稳定性是最重要的机制,因为大部分的质量积累。我们预测,通过磁盘裂变,磁盘碎片成小物体,和螺旋臂强度都增加了重要性,以更高的恒星质量的二进制形成。

英文摘要:

Most analytic work to date on protostellar disks has focused on those in isolation from their environments. However, observations are now beginning to probe the earliest, most embedded phases of star formation, during which disks are rapidly accreting from their parent cores and cannot be modeled in isolation. We present a simple, one-zone model of protostellar accretion disks with high mass infall rates. Our model combines a self-consistent calculation of disk temperatures with an approximate treatment of angular momentum transport via two mechanisms. We use this model to survey the properties of protostellar disks across a wide range of stellar masses and evolutionary times, and make predictions for disks' masses, sizes, spiral structure, and fragmentation that will be directly testable by future large-scale surveys of deeply embedded disks. We define a dimensionless accretion-rotation parameter which, in conjunction with the disk's temperature, controls the disk evolution. We track the dominant mode of angular momentum transport, and demonstrate that for stars with final masses greater than roughly one solar mass, gravitational instabilities are the most important mechanism as most of the mass accumulates. We predict that binary formation through disk fission, fragmentation of the disk into small objects, and spiral arm strength all increase in importance to higher stellar masses.

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