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arXiv 1211.2170astro-ph.GA
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赫歇尔恒星形成模式

Modes of star formation from Herschel

Leonardo Testi, Eli Bressert, S. Longmore

摘要:

我们总结了赫歇尔对附近恒星形成区和银道面的观测结果。我们发现,在附近的恒星形成区的无星核心的空间表面密度分布是非常相似的年轻恒星的对象。再加上核心质量函数与恒星初始质量函数之间的相似性,以及致密气体量与恒星形成速率之间的关系,这表明云的碎裂过程决定了恒星形成的全球结果。这种关于恒星形成的“简单”观点可能并不适用于所有尺度。特别是动力学相互作用,预计将成为重要的条件下,形成年轻的大规模集群。我们描述的成功的一个简单的标准,以确定年轻的大规模集群前体在我们的银河系的基础上(分)毫米宽的区域调查。我们进一步表明,在我们的银河系的位置,发现一个年轻的大质量星系团的前身的最佳候选人,致密气体和恒星形成率之间的“简单”的比例关系似乎打破。我们认为,在区域的条件接近我们的银河系的中央分子区,它可能是必要的,以修改恒星形成的标度律。

英文摘要:

We summarize some of the results obtained from Herschel surveys of the nearby star forming regions and the Galactic plane. We show that in the nearby star forming regions the starless core spatial surface density distribution is very similar to that of the young stellar objects. This, taken together with the similarity between the core mass function and the initial mass function for stars and the relationship between the amount of dense gas and star formation rate, suggest that the cloud fragmentation process defines the global outcome of star formation. This "simple" view of star formation may not hold on all scales. In particular dynamical interactions are expected to become important at the conditions required to form young massive clusters. We describe the successes of a simple criterion to identify young massive cluster precursors in our Galaxy based on (sub-)millimetre wide area surveys. We further show that in the location of our Galaxy where the best candidate for a precursor of a young massive cluster is found, the "simple" scaling relationship between dense gas and star formation rate appear to break down. We suggest that in regions where the conditions approach those of the central molecular zone of our Galaxy it may be necessary to revise the scaling laws for star formation.

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