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通过turbulence粉碎,作为极细颗粒的生产来源

Shattering by turbulence as a production source of very small grains

Hiroyuki Hirashita

摘要:

星际介质中颗粒尺寸分布的起源是星际物理学中最基本的问题之一。在银河系中,较小的颗粒在数量上更丰富,但它们的起源不一定被指定和量化。小颗粒产生的最有效驱动力之一是星际湍流,其中尘埃颗粒可以获得足够大的相对速度以粉碎。应用在以前的文件中开发的粉碎框架,我们表明,小($a\la 0.01~\micron$)颗粒达到观测到的银河系中的丰度水平在$\sim 10^8$年(即在颗粒寿命)在温暖的中性介质中粉碎。我们还表明,如果部分颗粒在温暖的电离介质中经历额外的粉碎,含$a\sim 0.01~\micron$的碳质颗粒被重新分配成更小的尺寸。这可以解释$a\sim 3$ -100 μ m时非常小的碳质颗粒的相对增强。我们的理论还解释了大颗粒和非常小的颗粒之间普遍存在的自然联系。我们的理论提出了一些测试的金属丰度的依赖。

英文摘要:

The origin of grain size distribution in the interstellar medium is one of the most fundamental problems in the interstellar physics. In the Milky Way, smaller grains are more abundant in number, but their origins are not necessarily specified and quantified. One of the most efficient drivers of small grain production is interstellar turbulence, in which dust grains can acquire relative velocities large enough to be shattered. Applying the framework of shattering developed in previous papers, we show that small ($a\la 0.01~\micron$) grains reach the abundance level observed in the Milky Way in $\sim 10^8$ yr (i.e. within the grain lifetime) by shattering in warm neutral medium. We also show that if part of grains experience additional shattering in warm ionized medium, carbonaceous grains with $a\sim 0.01~\micron$ are redistributed into smaller sizes. This could explain the relative enhancement of very small carbonaceous grains with $a\sim 3$--100 Å. Our theory also explains the ubiquitous association between large grains and very small grains naturally. Some tests for our theory are proposed in terms of the metallicity dependence.

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