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电离辐射驱动Turbulence和触发恒星形成

Driving Turbulence and Triggering Star Formation by Ionizing Radiation

Matthias Gritschneder, Thorsten Naab, Stefanie Walch, Andreas Burkert, Fabian Heitsch

摘要:

我们提出了高分辨率的模拟大质量O星的电离辐射对周围的湍流星际介质(ISM)的影响。的模拟进行了新开发的软件iVINE,它结合了电离与平滑粒子流体动力学(SPH)和引力。我们发现,来自热恒星的辐射穿透ISM,有效地加热冷的低密度气体和放大的初始湍流播种过密度。在恒星形成区(例如M16)观察到的柱状结构的形成可以用这种情况来解释。在柱子的顶端,可以诱发引力坍缩,最终导致低质量恒星的形成。湍流光谱演化的详细分析表明,O星的紫外辐射确实提供了一个很好的机制,以维持,甚至驱动在母体分子云中的湍流。

英文摘要:

We present high resolution simulations on the impact of ionizing radiation of massive O-stars on the surrounding turbulent interstellar medium (ISM). The simulations are performed with the newly developed software iVINE which combines ionization with smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) and gravitational forces. We show that radiation from hot stars penetrates the ISM, efficiently heats cold low density gas and amplifies over-densities seeded by the initial turbulence. The formation of observed pillar-like structures in star forming regions (e.g. in M16) can be explained by this scenario. At the tip of the pillars gravitational collapse can be induced, eventually leading to the formation of low mass stars. Detailed analysis of the evolution of the turbulent spectra shows that UV-radiation of O-stars indeed provides an excellent mechanism to sustain and even drive turbulence in the parental molecular cloud.

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