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星际云结构分析:II。Delta方差法在星际turbulence中的应用

Structure analysis of interstellar clouds: II. Applying the Delta-variance method to interstellar turbulence

V. Ossenkopf, M. Krips, J. Stutzki

摘要:

Delta方差分析是测量天文图中星际湍流结构标度行为的有效工具。在论文I中,我们对Delta方差分析提出了必要的改进。在本文中,我们应用改进的Delta方差分析i)流体动力学湍流模拟与突出的密度和速度结构,ii)观测到的强度地图rho Oph与不规则的边界和变量的不确定性的不同的数据点,和iii)地图的湍流速度结构的影响,在北极星耀斑的强度依赖于质心速度的确定。测试证实了改进的Delta方差分析的扩展能力。突出的空间尺度被准确地确定,并从数据的可变可靠性的文物被删除。流体动力学模拟的分析表明,湍流速度结构的注入产生了最突出的密度结构,其规模略低于注入规模。对rho Oph连续谱图的新分析揭示了分子云演化的中间阶段,显示了典型分子云标度行为的特征和凝聚核的形成。在分析北极星耀斑的速度结构时,我们发现,一个普遍的幂律连接尺度从0.03 pc到3 pc。然而,约5 pc的Δ方差谱中的平台表明,可见的大尺度速度梯度没有直接转化为湍流级联。

英文摘要:

The Delta-variance analysis is an efficient tool for measuring the structural scaling behaviour of interstellar turbulence in astronomical maps. In paper I we proposed essential improvements to the Delta-variance analysis. In this paper we apply the improved Delta-variance analysis to i) a hydrodynamic turbulence simulation with prominent density and velocity structures, ii) an observed intensity map of rho Oph with irregular boundaries and variable uncertainties of the different data points, and iii) a map of the turbulent velocity structure in the Polaris Flare affected by the intensity dependence on the centroid velocity determination. The tests confirm the extended capabilities of the improved Delta-variance analysis. Prominent spatial scales were accurately identified and artifacts from a variable reliability of the data were removed. The analysis of the hydrodynamic simulations showed that the injection of a turbulent velocity structure creates the most prominent density structures are produced on a scale somewhat below the injection scale. The new analysis of a rho Oph continuum map reveals an intermediate stage in the molecular cloud evolution showing both signatures of the typical molecular cloud scaling behaviour and the formation of condensed cores. When analysing the velocity structure of the Polaris Flare we show that a universal power law connects scales from 0.03 pc to 3 pc. However, a plateau in the Delta-variance spectrum around 5 pc indicates that the visible large-scale velocity gradient is not converted directly into a turbulent cascade.

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