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最大质量恒星与其母星团质量的关系

The relation between the most-massive star and its parental star cluster mass

C. Weidner, P. Kroupa, I. Bonnell

摘要:

我们对几个年轻星团中质量最大的恒星mmax进行了全面的文献研究,以评估星团是否是由恒星初始质量函数(IMF)在质量范围0.01 < m < 150 Msol内随机抽样而不受星团质量Mecl的约束而构成的。数据显示,样本分为最低质量的物体(M_ecl < 10^2 M_sol),中等质量的星系团(10^2 M_sol < M_ecl < 10^3 M_sol)和10^3 M_sol以上的富星系团。此外,对于质量在10^3 M_sol和4 10^3 M_sol之间的星团,存在一个恒定的最大恒星质量平台(m_max ~ 25 M_sol)。对该数据集的统计检验表明,对于质量大于10^2 M_sol的星团,从0.01 ~ 150 M_sol的IMF中随机抽样的假设是极不可能的,对于M_ecl在10^2 M_sol ~ 10^3 M_sol之间的天体,概率为p ~ 2 10^-7,对于质量更大的星团,概率为p ~ 3 10^-9。此外,在给定M_ecl处的m_max值的扩展小于随机采样的预期。我们认为,基本的物理过程,能够解释这种依赖性的恒星库存的星团的质量可能是恒星反馈和集群形成的分子云核心的结合能之间的相互作用。鉴于这些结果,从此类星团中采样的积分银河初始质量函数(IGIMF)将自动比单个星团内的IMF更陡。

英文摘要:

We present a thorough literature study of the most-massive star, m_max, in several young star clusters in order to assess whether or not star clusters are populated from the stellar initial mass function (IMF) by random sampling over the mass range 0.01 < m < 150 M_sol without being constrained by the cluster mass, M_ecl. The data reveal a partition of the sample into lowest mass objects (M_ecl < 10^2 M_sol), moderate mass clusters (10^2 M_sol < M_ecl < 10^3 M_sol) and rich clusters above 10^3 M_sol. Additionally, there is a plateau of a constant maximal star mass (m_max ~ 25 M_sol) for clusters with masses between 10^3 M_sol and 4 10^3 M_sol. Statistical tests of this data set reveal that the hypothesis of random sampling from the IMF between 0.01 and 150 M_sol is highly unlikely for star clusters more massive than 10^2 M_sol with a probability of p ~ 2 10^-7 for the objects with M_ecl between 10^2 M_sol and 10^3 M_sol and p ~ 3 10^-9 for the more massive star clusters. Also, the spread of m_max values at a given M_ecl is smaller than expected from random sampling. We suggest that the basic physical process able to explain this dependence of stellar inventory of a star cluster on its mass may be the interplay between stellar feedback and the binding energy of the cluster-forming molecular cloud core. Given these results, it would follow that an integrated galactic initial mass function (IGIMF) sampled from such clusters would automatically be steeper in comparison to the IMF within individual star clusters.

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