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第一千一百零六章大星阵

Massive Star Formation

Jonathan C. Tan, Maria T. Beltran, Paola Caselli, Francesco Fontani, Asuncion Fuente, Mark R. Krumholz, Christopher F. McKee, Andrea Stolte

摘要:

大质量恒星巨大的辐射和机械光度影响了一系列的尺度和过程,从宇宙的再电离到星系的演化,到星际介质的调节,到星团的形成,甚至到在这样的星团中恒星周围形成行星。大质量恒星形成理论中有两大类正在积极研究中,核心吸积和竞争吸积。在核心吸积中,初始条件是自引力的、集中的核心,这些核心与周围的、破碎的团块环境的一系列质量凝聚在一起。然后,它们通过中心盘进行相对有序的坍缩,形成一颗恒星或一个小N倍。在这种情况下,前恒星的核心质量函数与恒星的初始质量函数有相似的形式。在竞争性吸积中,形成大质量恒星的物质是从更广阔的区域中更加混乱地被吸引过来的,而没有经过一个大质量的、连贯的核心阶段。在这种情况下,大质量恒星的形成必须与恒星团簇形成同时进行。如果星团中心附近的恒星密度变得非常高,那么恒星之间的碰撞也可能有助于形成质量最大的恒星。我们回顾了最近的理论和观测进展,了解大质量恒星的形成,考虑物理和化学过程,与低和中等质量恒星的比较,并连接到恒星团簇形成。

英文摘要:

The enormous radiative and mechanical luminosities of massive stars impact a vast range of scales and processes, from the reionization of the universe, to the evolution of galaxies, to the regulation of the interstellar medium, to the formation of star clusters, and even to the formation of planets around stars in such clusters. Two main classes of massive star formation theory are under active study, Core Accretion and Competitive Accretion. In Core Accretion, the initial conditions are self-gravitating, centrally concentrated cores that condense with a range of masses from the surrounding, fragmenting clump environment. They then undergo relatively ordered collapse via a central disk to form a single star or a small-N multiple. In this case, the pre-stellar core mass function has a similar form to the stellar initial mass function. In Competitive Accretion, the material that forms a massive star is drawn more chaotically from a wider region of the clump without passing through a phase of being in a massive, coherent core. In this case, massive star formation must proceed hand in hand with star cluster formation. If stellar densities become very high near the cluster center, then collisions between stars may also help to form the most massive stars. We review recent theoretical and observational progress towards understanding massive star formation, considering physical and chemical processes, comparisons with low and intermediate-mass stars, and connections to star cluster formation.

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