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从对流云到星前核再到恒星IMF:赫歇尔古尔德带巡天的初步亮点

From filamentary clouds to prestellar cores to the stellar IMF: Initial highlights from the Herschel Gould Belt survey

Ph. André, A. Men'shchikov, S. Bontemps, V. Könyves, F. Motte, N. Schneider, P. Didelon, V. Minier, P. Saraceno, D. Ward-Thompson, J. Di Francesco, G. White, S.… 展开作者

Ph. André, A. Men'shchikov, S. Bontemps, V. Könyves, F. Motte, N. Schneider, P. Didelon, V. Minier, P. Saraceno, D. Ward-Thompson, J. Di Francesco, G. White, S. Molinari, L. Testi, A. Abergel, M. Griffin, Th. Henning, P. Royer, B. Merín, R. Vavrek, M. Attard, D. Arzoumanian, C. D. Wilson, P. Ade, H. Aussel, J. -P. Baluteau, M. Benedettini, J. -Ph. Bernard, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, L. Cambrésy, P. Cox, A. Di Giorgio, P. Hargrave, M. Hennemann, M. Huang, J. Kirk, O. Krause, R. Launhardt, S. Leeks, J. Le Pennec, J. Z. Li, P. Martin, A. Maury, G. Olofsson, A. Omont, N. Peretto, S. Pezzuto, T. Prusti, H. Roussel, D. Russeil, M. Sauvage, B. Sibthorpe, A. Sicilia-Aguilar, L. Spinoglio, C. Waelkens, A. Woodcraft, A. Zavagno

摘要:

我们总结了古尔德带调查的第一批结果,在赫歇尔的“科学演示阶段”期间向天鹰座裂谷和北极星耀斑地区获得。我们的70-500微米的图像在并行模式下拍摄的SPIRE和PACS相机揭示了丰富的纤维结构,以及许多密集的核心嵌入在灯丝。在天鹰座区域可以识别出约350 ~ 500颗星前核和约45-60颗0级原恒星,而在北极星区域则可以观察到~未束缚的无星核和无原恒星。天鹰座星前核心质量函数(CMF)与恒星初始质量函数(IMF)有很强的相似性,这已经证实了CMF和IMF之间的密切联系,其统计数据比以前的研究要好得多。比较和对比我们在天鹰座和北极星的赫歇尔结果,我们提出了一个观察驱动的核心形成的情况下,根据该复杂的网络的长,细丝形成的分子云内,然后dennial丝碎片成一些星前核心通过引力不稳定性。

英文摘要:

We summarize the first results from the Gould Belt survey, obtained toward the Aquila Rift and Polaris Flare regions during the 'science demonstration phase' of Herschel. Our 70-500 micron images taken in parallel mode with the SPIRE and PACS cameras reveal a wealth of filamentary structure, as well as numerous dense cores embedded in the filaments. Between ~ 350 and 500 prestellar cores and ~ 45-60 Class 0 protostars can be identified in the Aquila field, while ~ unbound starless cores and no protostars are observed in the Polaris field. The prestellar core mass function (CMF) derived for the Aquila region bears a strong resemblance to the stellar initial mass function (IMF), already confirming the close connection between the CMF and the IMF with much better statistics than earlier studies. Comparing and contrasting our Herschel results in Aquila and Polaris, we propose an observationally-driven scenario for core formation according to which complex networks of long, thin filaments form first within molecular clouds, and then the densest filaments fragment into a number of prestellar cores via gravitational instability.

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