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超音速等温turbulence核心质量分布的数值和半解析

Numerical and semi-analytic core mass distributions in supersonic isothermal turbulence

Wolfram Schmidt, Sebastian A. W. Kern, Christoph Federrath, Ralf S. Klessen

摘要:

我们调查的湍流强迫的质量分布的重力不稳定的核心后处理数据的非自引力等温超音速湍流模拟不同分辨率的影响。在一组模拟螺线管强迫应用,而第二组使用纯粹的压缩强迫激发湍流运动。从由此产生的密度场,我们计算的质量分布的重力不稳定的核心,通过一个集群发现算法。利用质量密度的时间平均概率密度函数,从解析理论计算半解析质量分布。我们应用的稳定性标准是基于Bonnor-Ebert质量产生的热压力和从热和湍流压力的总和。虽然有不确定性的应用程序中的集群发现算法,我们发现系统的差异,从螺线管和压缩强迫获得的质量分布。在高质量的幂律制度相比,螺线管强迫压缩迫使产生一个较浅的斜率。质量分布还取决于计算箱中质量的选择所产生的Jeans长度,这对于非自引力等温湍流是可自由缩放的。提供的所有核心的数值解决,大多数核心是小的强迫的长度尺度相比,归一化的核心质量分布被发现是接近半解析模型。特别是对于高质量的尾翼,Hennebelle-Chabrier理论意味着由于湍流压力的附加支持是重要的。

英文摘要:

We investigate the influence of the turbulence forcing on the mass distributions of gravitationally unstable cores by postprocessing data from simulations of non-selfgravitating isothermal supersonic turbulence with varying resolution. In one set of simulations solenoidal forcing is applied, while the second set uses purely compressive forcing to excite turbulent motions. From the resulting density field, we compute the mass distribution of gravitationally unstable cores by means of a clump-finding algorithm. Using the time-averaged probability density functions of the mass density, semi-analytic mass distributions are calculated from analytical theories. We apply stability criteria that are based on the Bonnor-Ebert mass resulting from the thermal pressure and from the sum of thermal and turbulent pressure. Although there are uncertainties in the application of the clump-finding algorithm, we find systematic differences in the mass distributions obtained from solenoidal and compressive forcing. Compressive forcing produces a shallower slope in the high-mass power-law regime compared to solenoidal forcing. The mass distributions also depend on the Jeans length resulting from the choice of the mass in the computational box, which is freely scalable for non-selfgravitating isothermal turbulence. Provided that all cores are numerically resolved and most cores are small compared to the length scale of the forcing, the normalised core mass distributions are found to be close to the semi-analytic models. Especially for the high-mass tails, the Hennebelle-Chabrier theory implies that the additional support due to turbulent pressure is important.

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