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关于ISM中非自引力细丝的起源

On the origin of non self-gravitating filaments in the ISM

Patrick Hennebelle

摘要:

{纤维在星际介质中无处不在,正如赫歇尔最近强调的那样,但它们的物理起源仍然难以捉摸} {因此,了解分子云的物理学以研究纤维如何形成以及各种过程(如湍流和磁场)所起的作用是很重要的。} {We利用理想MHD模拟研究了在不同条件下,包括不同的磁化强度和马赫数以及两种完全不同的设置下,团块的形成。然后,我们使用各种方法执行几项分析来计算团块的形状及其与速度和力的联系。{We发现平均而言,MHD模拟中的团块比流体动力学模拟中的团块更容易发生。详细的分析表明,在一般优先与应变,这意味着这些结构简单地导致从湍流引起的拉伸丝。此外,细丝往往受到洛伦兹力的限制,因此使它们在磁化流中存活更长时间。我们发现,他们在所有的模拟中,一个典型的厚度等于几个网格单元,这表明他们主要是相关的流内的能量耗散。我们估计了与离子-中性摩擦相关的耗散长度的数量级,并得出结论,在紫外屏蔽良好的区域,它是0.1 pc的数量级,因此可能会设置非自引力细丝的典型尺寸。细丝之所以无处不在,是因为它们是非常普通的湍流应变的结果,也因为磁场有助于保持它们的相干性。我们认为,能量耗散在它们的形成中起决定性作用。

英文摘要:

{Filaments are ubiquitous in the interstellar medium as recently emphasized by Herschel, yet their physical origin remains elusive} {It is therefore important to understand the physics of molecular clouds to investigate how filaments form and what is the role played by various processes such as turbulence and magnetic field.} {We use ideal MHD simulations to study the formation of clumps in various conditions including different magnetization and Mach numbers as well as two completely different setup. We then perform several analysis to compute the shape of the clumps and their link to velocities and forces using various approaches.} {We find that on average, clumps in MHD simulations are more filamentary that clumps in hydrodynamical simulations. Detailed analyses reveal that the filaments are in general preferentially aligned with the strain which means that these structures simply result from the strech induced by turbulence. Moreover filaments tend to be confined by the Lorentz force which therefore lead them to survive longer in magnetized flows. We show that they have in all simulations a typical thickness equal to a few grid cells suggesting that they are primarily associated to the energy dissipation within the flow. We estimate the order of magnitude of the dissipation length associated to the ion-neutral friction and conclude that in well UV shielded regions it is of the order of 0.1 pc and therefore could possibly set the typical size of non self-gravitating filaments.} {Filaments are ubiquitous because they are the results of the very generic turbulent strain and because magnetic field help to keep them coherent. We suggest that energy dissipation is playing a determinant role in their formation.}

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