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是什么决定了星系中的粒度分布?

What determines the grain size distribution in galaxies?

Ryosuke S. Asano, Tsutomu T. Takeuchi, Hiroyuki Hirashita, Takaya Nozawa

摘要:

我们构建了一个考虑颗粒大小分布的尘埃演化模型,并研究了在星系演化的每个阶段,是什么样的尘埃过程决定了颗粒大小分布。除了II型超新星(SNeII)和渐近巨星分支(AGB)恒星的尘埃生产,我们认为在ISM中的三个过程:(i)由SN冲击尘埃破坏,(ii)金属吸积到表面上的冷中性介质(CNM)(称为晶粒生长),(iii)在温暖的中性介质(WNM)和CNM的颗粒-颗粒碰撞(粉碎和凝聚)。我们发现,在星系演化的早期阶段,星系中的粒度分布是由恒星源控制的,之后,控制粒度分布的主要过程改变到ISM中的那些。由于粉碎产生大量的小颗粒(因此,颗粒的表面积与体积比增加),它提高了颗粒生长的效率,有助于显着增加总尘埃质量。晶粒生长在约0.01 μm的晶粒尺寸分布中产生大的隆起。破碎后小颗粒数量增加,混凝效果明显,在t ~ 10 Gyr时,颗粒尺寸分布发生变形,在a ~ 0.03 ~ 0.05 μm处出现凸起。我们的结论是:星系中尘埃总质量的演化与星系的粒度分布密切相关,并且由于控制星系粒度分布的主要尘埃过程发生了变化,因此在星系演化过程中,星系的粒度分布也发生了显著的变化。

英文摘要:

We construct a dust evolution model taking into account the grain size distribution, and investigate what kind of dust processes determine the grain size distribution at each stage of galaxy evolution. In addition to the dust production by type II supernovae (SNeII) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, we consider three processes in the ISM: (i) dust destruction by SN shocks, (ii) metal accretion onto the surface of preexisting grains in the cold neutral medium (CNM) (called grain growth), and (iii) grain-grain collisions (shattering and coagulation) in the warm neutral medium (WNM) and CNM. We found that the grain size distribution in galaxies is controlled by stellar sources in the early stage of galaxy evolution, and that afterwards the main processes that govern the size distribution changes to those in the ISM. Since shattering produces a large abundance of small grains (consequently, the surface-to-volume ratio of grains increases), it enhances the efficiency of grain growth, contributing to the significant increase of the total dust mass. Grain growth creates a large bump in the grain size distribution around a ~ 0.01 μm. Coagulation occurs effectively after the number of small grains is enhanced by shattering, and the grain size distribution is deformed to have a bump at a ~ 0.03 - 0.05 μm at t ~ 10 Gyr. We conclude that the evolutions of the total dust mass and the grain size distribution in galaxies are closely related to each other, and the grain size distribution changes considerably through the galaxy evolution because the dominant dust processes which regulate the grain size distribution change.

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