大质量星团、多个恒星星族和球形恒星系统的质量阈值的周期性气体吸积
Recurrent gas accretion by massive star clusters, multiple stellar populations and mass thresholds for spherical stellar systems
摘要:
我们探讨了引力的压力支持恒星系统的气体环境的内部密度分布的影响。我们的结论是,质量>= 10^6 M_sun的致密大质量星团作为云凝聚核,能够从温暖的星际介质中循环地吸积气体,这可能导致进一步的恒星形成事件,并解释了最大质量的球状星团和核星团中的多个恒星星族。同样的分析论点可以用来决定一个任意的球形恒星系统是否能够保持温暖或热的星际物质。这些质量阈值与不同形态类型的压力支持星系之间的过渡质量相吻合。
英文摘要:
We explore the gravitational influence of pressure supported stellar systems on the internal density distribution of a gaseous environment. We conclude that compact massive star clusters with masses >= 10^6 M_sun act as cloud condensation nuclei and are able to accrete gas recurrently from a warm interstellar medium which may cause further star formation events and account for multiple stellar populations in the most massive globular and nuclear star clusters. The same analytical arguments can be used to decide whether an arbitrary spherical stellar system is able to keep warm or hot interstellar material or not. These mass thresholds coincide with transition masses between pressure supported galaxies of different morphological types.
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