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孤立星系中的星爆。I.恒星出生函数和IMF的影响

Starbursts in isolated galaxies. I. The influence of stellar birth function and IMF

Christian Theis, Joachim Koeppen

摘要:

恒星爆发和恒星形成历史的巨大变化是星系中的常见现象。我们研究了孤立的恒星形成矮星系的稳定性,目的是确定星暴模式。研究了恒星出生函数、初始质量函数、恒星反馈和星际介质模型对系统的影响。我们应用一个单区模型的恒星气体系统耦合的质量和能量转移。此外,我们扩展了网络的主动动态演化。这使得星系的动力学状态与其内部性质之间存在耦合。虽然动力学对恒星形成速率的影响很大,但内部性质(气体温度)对动力学的耦合作用却相当有限,因为辐射冷却使气体温度远低于维里温度。由于冷却和反馈时间尺度短,恒星形成率接近平衡恒星形成率。准周期性的星爆之所以会发生,是因为恒星的形成遵循着由衰减维里振荡引起的气体密度的变化。这种行为是相当不敏感的性质和细节的恒星诞生的描述,即是否自发或诱导恒星形成被认为是或IMF是不同的。第二种类型的爆发被发现作为一个不稳定的操作时,冷却可能会下降,在非常低的密度,随着温度的升高。恒星形成的爆发发生在动态平衡建立的过渡阶段。那么它们在动力学时标上是准周期的。由于加热和冷却的时间尺度很短,恒星形成速率遵循与实际气体密度相对应的平衡恒星形成速率。

英文摘要:

Starbursts and substantial variations in the star formation histories are a common phenomenon in galaxies. We study the stability properties of isolated star-forming dwarf galaxies with the aim of identifying starburst modes. The impact of the stellar birth function, the initial mass function (IMF), the stellar feedback and the interstellar medium (ISM) model are investigated. We apply a one-zone model for a star-gas system coupled by mass and energy transfer. Additionally, we extend the network for active dynamical evolution. This allows for a coupling between the dynamical state of the galaxy and its internal properties. While the influence of the dynamics on the total star formation rate is strong, the coupling of the internal properties (gas temperature) on the dynamics is rather limited, because radiative cooling keeps the gas temperature well below the virial temperature. Because of short cooling and feedback timescales, the star formation rate is close to the equilibrium star formation rates. Quasi-periodic starbursts occur, because star formation follows the variations in the gas density induced by decaying virial oscillations. This behaviour is quite insensitive to the nature and the details of the stellar birth description, viz. whether spontaneous or induced star formation is considered or the IMF is varied. A second type of burst is found as an instability operating when the cooling may drop at very low densities with increasing temperature. Bursts of star formation occur during transitory phases, when dynamical equilibrium is established. Then they are quasi-periodic on the dynamical timescale. Because of short heating and cooling timescales, the star formation rate follows the equilibrium star formation rate corresponding to the actual gas density.

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