arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 1004.2158astro-ph.GA
收藏

分子云中的长寿命磁张力驱动模

Long-lived Magnetic-Tension-Driven Modes in a Molecular Cloud

Shantanu Basu, Wolf B. Dapp

摘要:

本文计算和分析了磁流体力学(MHD)波模在磁性薄片平面内的寿命。初始湍流条件下施加到一个磁亚临界云,导致相对较快的能量衰减,如果双极扩散引入在一个对应的水平,主要由宇宙射线的部分电离。然而,在通量冻结的限制,可能适用于光电离分子云信封,湍流持续在“非线性”的水平相比,等温声速$\cs$,一维均方根材料运动的范围内的$\approx 2\,\cs -5\,\cs$的范围内的云大小在$\approx 2\,\pc - 16\,\pc$。这些波动无限期地持续下去,保持了初始湍流动能的重要部分。我们找到了这些持续波动的分析解释。它们是与薄片与外部磁场的相互作用相关的磁张力驱动模式。这种模式的相速度是相当大的,允许残留的运动持续没有耗散的通量冻结限制,即使他们是非线性的相对于声速。我们推测,长寿命的大尺度MHD模式,如这些可能提供的关键,以了解观察到的分子云中的超音速运动。

英文摘要:

We calculate and analyze the longevity of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) wave modes that occur in the plane of a magnetic thin sheet. Initial turbulent conditions applied to a magnetically subcritical cloud are shown to lead to relatively rapid energy decay if ambipolar diffusion is introduced at a level corresponding to partial ionization primarily by cosmic rays. However, in the flux-freezing limit, as may be applicable to photoionized molecular cloud envelopes, the turbulence persists at "nonlinear" levels in comparison with the isothermal sound speed $\cs$, with one-dimensional rms material motions in the range of $\approx 2\,\cs -5\,\cs$ for cloud sizes in the range of $\approx 2\,\pc - 16\,\pc$. These fluctuations persist indefinitely, maintaining a significant portion of the initial turbulent kinetic energy. We find the analytic explanation for these persistent fluctuations. They are magnetic-tension-driven modes associated with the interaction of the sheet with the external magnetic field. The phase speed of such modes is quite large, allowing residual motions to persist without dissipation in the flux-freezing limit, even as they are nonlinear with respect to the sound speed. We speculate that long-lived large-scale MHD modes such as these may provide the key to understanding observed supersonic motions in molecular clouds.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑