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0类原恒星包层的复杂结构

Complex Structure in Class 0 Protostellar Envelopes

John J. Tobin, Lee Hartmann, Hsin-Fang Chiang, Leslie W. Looney

摘要:

我们使用存档的IRAC图像从斯皮策太空望远镜显示,许多0类原恒星表现出复杂的,不规则的,和非轴对称的结构在其尘埃信封。我们的8 $μ$ m消光图探测了这些原恒星包层中的一些致密区域。观察到许多系统在>= 1000 AU的尺度上具有高度不规则和非轴对称的形态,其中四分之一的样品表现出非规则或扁平的致密结构。在空间上与流出空腔不同的区域观察到复杂的包络结构,并且致密结构通常没有显示出垂直于空腔的系统性对齐。这些结果表明,质量喷射是不负责的不规则形态,我们检测到的,而是,我们认为,观察到的信封复杂性主要是从最初的非平衡结构的原恒星核心崩溃的结果。在许多包层中显著的非轴对称性为双星系统的形成提供了有利的条件。我们还注意到,样本中的原恒星似乎优先形成于云的边缘或细丝的弯曲处,这表明它们是通过引力聚焦形成的。

英文摘要:

We use archived IRAC images from the Spitzer Space Telescope to show that many Class 0 protostars exhibit complex, irregular, and non-axisymmetric structure within their dusty envelopes. Our 8 $μ$m extinction maps probe some of the densest regions in these protostellar envelopes. Many of the systems are observed to have highly irregular and non-axisymmetric morphologies on scales >= 1000 AU, with a quarter of the sample exhibiting filamentary or flattened dense structures. Complex envelope structure is observed in regions spatially distinct from outflow cavities, and the densest structures often show no systematic alignment perpendicular to the cavities. These results indicate that mass ejection is not responsible for much of the irregular morphologies we detect; rather, we suggest that the observed envelope complexity is mostly the result of collapse from protostellar cores with initially non-equilibrium structures. The striking non-axisymmetry in many envelopes could provide favorable conditions for the formation of binary systems. We also note that protostars in the sample appear to be formed preferentially near the edges of clouds or bends in filaments, suggesting formation by gravitational focusing.

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