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大质量恒星形成的开始:红外暗云中温度和密度结构的演化

The Onset of Massive Star Formation: The Evolution of Temperature and Density Structure in an Infrared Dark Cloud

Cara Battersby, Adam Ginsburg, John Bally, Steve Longmore, Miranda Dunham, Jeremy Darling

摘要:

本文给出了NH_3(1,1),(2,2),(4,4)的新观测结果. Jansky甚大阵列(VLA)与文献中的工作一起编译,以探索在年轻的大质量恒星形成区域中观察到的条件范围。采样的影响,独立于距离/分辨率,丰度和大规模的环境,我们比较了在不同的演化阶段在一个单一的红外暗云(IRDC),G32.02+0.06的团块。我们发现,星团形成的早期阶段的特点是密集的,秒差距尺度的恒星结构,散布着致密核心的复合体(<0.1 pc的核心聚集在复合体中,间隔约1 pc),质量约为10至100 Msun。最静止的核心是最大的延伸,而恒星形成的核心更致密、更紧凑,在大质量恒星形成开始之前和之后不久,显示出非常相似的柱密度结构,峰值表面密度>~ 1 g cm^-2。静止的核心和细丝显示出从10-20 K平稳变化的温度,在恒星形成的核心中上升到40 K以上。我们计算了16个核的维里参数,发现湍流提供的支持水平通常不足以支持它们对抗引力坍缩(α_vir ~ 0.6)。恒星形成的细丝显示出平滑的速度场,在活跃的恒星形成地点被不连续性打断。我们讨论了IRDC所在的大质量分子细丝(MMF; M > 10^5 Msun,l > 60 pc),假设它可能是由前几代大质量恒星形成的。

英文摘要:

We present new NH3 (1,1), (2,2), and (4,4) observations from the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) compiled with work in the literature to explore the range of conditions observed in young, massive star-forming regions. To sample the effects of evolution independent from those of distance/resolution, abundance, and large-scale environment, we compare clumps in different evolutionary stages within a single Infrared Dark Cloud (IRDC), G32.02+0.06. We find that the early stages of clustered star formation are characterized by dense, parsec-scale filamentary structures interspersed with complexes of dense cores (<0.1 pc cores clustered in complexes separated by ~1 pc) with masses from about 10 to 100 Msun. The most quiescent core is the most extended while the star-forming cores are denser and more compact, showing very similar column density structure before and shortly after the onset of massive star formation, with peak surface densities >~ 1 g cm^-2. Quiescent cores and filaments show smoothly varying temperatures from 10-20 K, rising to over 40 K in star-forming cores. We calculate the virial parameters for 16 cores and find that the level of support provided by turbulence is generally insufficient to support them against gravitational collapse (alpha_vir ~ 0.6). The star-forming filaments show smooth velocity fields, punctuated by discontinuities at the sites of active star formation. We discuss the Massive Molecular Filament (MMF; M > 10^5 Msun, l > 60 pc) hosting the IRDC, hypothesizing that it may have been shaped by previous generations of massive stars.

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