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关于Hi-GAL场中稠密团簇的质量函数的形状。I.质量函数的SED确定和整体性质

On the shape of the mass-function of dense clumps in the Hi-GAL fields. I. SED determination and global properties of the mass-functions

L. Olmi, D. Angles-Alcazar, D. Elia, S. Molinari, L. Montier, M. Pestalozzi, S. Pezzuto, D. Polychroni, I. Ristorcelli, J. Rodon, E. Schisano, M. D. Smith, L. Testi, M. Thompson

摘要:

恒星形成于密集的尘埃分子云中,但人们对它们的起源和演化知之甚少。特别是,这些团块的质量分布(也称为“团块质量函数”或CMF)和恒星初始质量函数(IMF)之间的关系仍然知之甚少。为了辨别CMF的“真实”形状,并更好地了解CMF如何向IMF演变,需要大量真实的前恒星和原恒星团块样本。赫歇尔空间天文台(HSO)的敏感观测现在使我们能够在不同的物理条件下观察各种云中的大团块种群。我们分析了两个领域的银河平面映射的HSO在其科学演示阶段,作为更完整和公正的赫歇尔红外银河平面调查(Hi-GAL)的一部分。这些字段经过源提取和通量估计管道,这使我们能够获得具有数千个团块的样本。使用颜色和位置标准分离无星和原恒星团块,以找到与MIPS 24微米源一致的团块。我们描述的概率密度函数的幂律和对数正态模型,用于拟合CMFs,然后我们找到他们的最佳拟合参数。对于对数正态模型,我们将几种统计技术应用于数据并比较它们的结果。两个SDP场的CMF显示出非常相似的形状,但质量尺度非常不同。这种相似性是由幂律或对数正态模型的最佳拟合参数值证实的。幂律模型导致几乎相同的CMF斜率,而对数正态模型表明CMF具有相似的宽度。相似的CMF形状,但不同的质量尺度代表了两个区域恒星形成的整体过程非常不同的证据。

英文摘要:

Stars form in dense, dusty clumps of molecular clouds, but little is known about their origin and evolution. In particular, the relationship between the mass distribution of these clumps (also known as the "clump mass function", or CMF) and the stellar initial mass function (IMF), is still poorly understood. In order to discern the "true" shape of the CMF and to better understand how the CMF may evolve toward the IMF, large samples of bona-fide pre- and proto-stellar clumps are required. The sensitive observations of the Herschel Space Observatory (HSO) are now allowing us to look at large clump populations in various clouds with different physical conditions. We analyse two fields in the Galactic plane mapped by HSO during its science demonstration phase, as part of the more complete and unbiased Herschel infrared GALactic Plane Survey (Hi-GAL). These fields undergo a source-extraction and flux-estimation pipeline, which allows us to obtain a sample with thousands of clumps. Starless and proto-stellar clumps are separated using both color and positional criteria to find those coincident with MIPS 24 micron sources. We describe the probability density functions of the power-law and lognormal models that are used to fit the CMFs, and we then find their best-fit parameters. For the lognormal model we apply several statistical techniques to the data and compare their results. The CMFs of the two SDP fields show very similar shapes, but very different mass scales. This similarity is confirmed by the values of the best-fit parameters of either the power-law or lognormal model. The power-law model leads to almost identical CMF slopes, whereas the lognormal model shows that the CMFs have similar widths. The similar CMF shape but different mass scale represents an evidence that the overall process of star formation in the two regions is very different.

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