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初始质量分离对恒星逃逸合并的影响

The influence of initial mass segregation on the runaway merging of stars

Eliani Ardi, Holger Baumgardt, Shin Mineshige

摘要:

我们研究了初始质量分离对恒星逃逸合并的影响。多质量,密集星团的演化是通过直接N体模拟多达131.072颗恒星来进行的。所有团簇都是从King模型出发的,无量纲中心势为3.0 <= W_0 <= 9.0。初始质量分离是通过改变一定比例的恒星的最小质量来实现的,这些恒星要么(1)距离星团中心最近,要么(2)总能量最低。第二种情况更有利于通过创造大质量低能量恒星的高质量核心来促进恒星的失控合并。初始质量偏析可以缩短中心弛豫时间,从而有助于形成高质量核心。然而,我们发现,初始质量分离并不帮助失控恒星合并的发生,如果整体质量密度分布保持不变。这是因为恒星的碰撞率不会因为初始质量分离而增加。我们的模拟结果表明,初始质量分离是不足以让失控的恒星合并发生在星团的中心密度典型的恒星在银河系。

英文摘要:

We have investigated the effect of initial mass segregation on the runaway merging of stars. The evolution of multi-mass, dense star clusters was followed by means of direct N-body simulations of up to 131.072 stars. All clusters started from King models with dimensionless central potentials of 3.0 <= W_0 <= 9.0. Initial mass segregation was realized by varying the minimum mass of a certain fraction of stars whose either (1) distances were closest to the cluster center or (2) total energies were lowest. The second case is more favorable to promote the runaway merging of stars by creating a high-mass core of massive, low-energy stars. Initial mass segregation could decrease the central relaxation time and thus help the formation of a high-mass core. However, we found that initial mass segregation does not help the runaway stellar merger to happen if the overall mass density profile is kept constant. This is due to the fact that the collision rate of stars is not increased due to initial mass segregation. Our simulations show that initial mass segregation is not sufficient to allow runaway merging of stars to occur in clusters with central densities typical for star clusters in the Milky Way.

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