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星爆星团中的原始质量分凝

Primordial Mass Segregation in Starburst Stellar Clusters

Sami Dib, Mohsen Shadmehri, Maheswar Gopinathan, Jongsoo Kim, Thomas Henning

摘要:

我们提出了一个模型来解释在致密和年轻的星暴星团中心部分观察到的质量分离和浅质量函数。该模型假设,最初的前恒星的核心质量函数所产生的原星团云的湍流破碎显着改变的核心合并之前,他们崩溃,形成恒星。适当的,但现实的参数,这个模型的基础上的核心合并和崩溃之间的竞争再现了研究拱集群的质谱。也就是说,在中间和高质量端的斜率再现,以及在6 M_sol观察到的特殊凸起。这种合并-坍缩过程发生在原星团云自由降落时间的四分之一量级的短时间尺度上(即,几个10^{4}年),这表明拱和类似的星团中的质量分离是原始的。最佳拟合模型表明,拱门星系团的总质量为1.45 × 10^{5} M_sol,这略高于经常引用的几个10^{4} M_sol的观测值,但完整性受到影响。导出的恒星形成效率约为30%,这意味着拱门星系团可能是引力束缚的。

英文摘要:

We present a model to explain the mass segregation and shallow mass functions observed in the central parts of dense and young starburst stellar clusters. The model assumes that the initial pre-stellar cores mass function resulting from the turbulent fragmentation of the proto-cluster cloud is significantly altered by the cores coalescence before they collapse to form stars. With appropriate, yet realistic parameters, this model based on the competition between cores coalescence and collapse reproduces the mass spectra of the well studied Arches cluster. Namely, the slopes at the intermediate and high mass ends are reproduced, as well as the peculiar bump observed at 6 M_sol. This coalescence-collapse process occurs on short timescale of the order of one fourth the free fall time of the proto-cluster cloud (i.e., a few 10^{4} years), suggesting that mass segregation in Arches and similar clusters is primordial. The best fitting model implies the total mass of the Arches cluster is 1.45 10^{5} M_sol, which is slightly higher than the often quoted, but completeness affected, observational value of a few 10^{4} M_sol. The derived star formation efficiency is ~30 percent which implies that the Arches cluster is likely to be gravitationally bound.

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