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团簇形成的两阶段碎裂:分析模型和观测考虑

Two-Stage Fragmentation for Cluster Formation: Analytical Model and Observational Considerations

Nicole D. Bailey, Shantanu Basu

摘要:

对平面磁性星际云中原恒星核形成的线性分析表明,分子云呈现出一个优选的坍缩长度尺度,这取决于云内的质量通量比和中性离子碰撞时间。我们将这种线性分析扩展到集群恒星形成的背景下。通过结合线性分析的结果与一个现实的电离配置文件的云,我们发现,一个分子云可能会通过两个分裂事件的演变,朝着恒星的形成。我们的模型表明,最初的碎片成团发生在秒差距尺度上的跨临界云,而第二次碎片可以发生在亚秒差距尺度上的跨临界和超临界核心。我们的结果与几个恒星形成区(英仙座,金牛座,烟斗星云)的比较显示支持两阶段的碎裂模型。

英文摘要:

Linear analysis of the formation of protostellar cores in planar magnetic interstellar clouds shows that molecular clouds exhibit a preferred length scale for collapse that depends on the mass-to-flux ratio and neutral-ion collision time within the cloud. We extend this linear analysis to the context of clustered star formation. By combining the results of the linear analysis with a realistic ionization profile for the cloud, we find that a molecular cloud may evolve through two fragmentation events in the evolution toward the formation of stars. Our model suggests that the initial fragmentation into clumps occurs for a transcritical cloud on parsec scales while the second fragmentation can occur for transcritical and supercritical cores on subparsec scales. Comparison of our results with several star forming regions (Perseus, Taurus, Pipe Nebula) shows support for a two-stage fragmentation model.

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