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Sgr A* 附近的大质量恒星形成和核盘中的双峰恒星形成

Massive Star Formation Near Sgr A* and Bimodal Star Formation in the Nuclear Disk

F. Yusef-Zadeh, M. Wardle

摘要:

最近,银河系中心强引力势中恒星形成的历史引起了人们的极大兴趣。我们提出,在银河系中心的大质量黑洞轨道的大质量恒星的亚秒差距尺度的磁盘可以解释为部分吸积的扩展银河系中心云,如50 \kms分子云,因为这些云包在通过银河系内部中心的通道Sgr A*。被捕获的云物质在引力聚焦之后,由于自身相互作用而失去角动量,自然会在靠近Sgr A* 的地方形成一个致密的气体盘,在其中发生恒星的形成。在更大的尺度上,大质量星团如拱和五重星团的形成,或正在进行的大质量恒星如Sgr B2的形成,也可能是由云-云碰撞引发的,这是由于引力集中在中央隆起的深层势能。与云-云碰撞引发的恒星形成的剧烈和高压环境不同,还有孤立的恒星形成区和静止的致密云。这些地点暗示了一种低效、缓慢的恒星形成模式。我们认为,核盘中增强的宇宙射线可能是抑制该区域恒星形成过程的原因。特别是,我们认为,由于宇宙射线粒子的影响,增强电离率是负责降低我们银河系的核盘中正在进行的恒星形成的效率。由于这些电子的撞击而产生的较高的电离分数和较高的热能也可以减少MHD波阻尼,这有助于核盘中分子气体的高速色散的持续。

英文摘要:

The history of star formation in the strong gravitational potential of the Galactic center has been of much interest, recently. We propose that the sub-parsec-scale disk of massive stars orbiting the massive black hole at the Galactic center can be interpreted in terms of partial accretion of extended Galactic center clouds, such as the 50 \kms molecular cloud, as these clouds envelop Sgr A* on their passage through the inner Galactic center. The loss of angular momentum of the captured cloud material by self-interaction subsequent to gravitationally focusing by Sgr A* naturally creates a compact gaseous disk of material close to Sgr A* in which star formation takes place. On a larger scale the formation of massive clusters such as the Arches and Quintuplet clusters or on-going massive star formation such as Sgr B2 could also be triggered by cloud-cloud collisions due to gravitational focusing in the deep potential of the central bulge. Unlike the violent and high-pressure environment of clustered star formation triggered by cloud-cloud collision, there are also isolated pockets of star formation and quiescent dense clouds. These sites suggest an inefficient, slow mode of star formation. We propose enhanced cosmic rays in the nuclear disk may be responsible for inhibiting the process of star formation in this region. In particular, we argue that the enhanced ionization rate due to the impact of cosmic-ray particles is responsible for lowering the efficiency of on-going star formation in the nuclear disk of our Galaxy. The higher ionization fraction and higher thermal energy due to the impact of these electrons may also reduce MHD wave damping which contributes to the persistence of the high velocity dispersion of the molecular gas in the nuclear disk.

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