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恒星IMF中的低质量截止区如何影响年轻星团的演化?

How does a low-mass cut-off in the stellar IMF affect the evolution of young star clusters?

M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, S. P. Goodwin, R. de Grijs, M. Rose, Sungsoo S. Kim

摘要:

我们研究了不同的恒星初始质量函数(IMF)如何影响星团的质量损失和生存。我们发现,IMF与根本不同的低质量截止(0.1和2 Msun之间)不改变集群破坏的时间尺度可能是预期的。不出所料,我们发现具有更多高质量恒星的星团通过恒星演化损失相对更多的质量,但对这种质量损失的反应是膨胀,因此显着减缓了它们的动力学演化。我们还认为,这是非常困难的,如果不是不可能的,有集群与不同的IMF最初是“相同的”,因为质量,半径和弛豫时间依赖于彼此和IMF在一个复杂的方式。我们的结论是,改变国际货币基金组织偏向于更大质量的恒星确实加速了质量损失和溶解,但它并不像想象的那样戏剧性。

英文摘要:

We investigate how different stellar initial mass functions (IMFs) can affect the mass loss and survival of star clusters. We find that IMFs with radically different low-mass cut-offs (between 0.1 and 2 Msun) do not change cluster destruction time-scales as much as might be expected. Unsurprisingly, we find that clusters with more high-mass stars lose relatively more mass through stellar evolution, but the response to this mass loss is to expand and hence significantly slow their dynamical evolution. We also argue that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to have clusters with different IMFs that are initially "the same", since the mass, radius and relaxation times depend on each other and on the IMF in a complex way. We conclude that changing the IMF to be biased towards more massive stars does speed up mass loss and dissolution, but that it is not as dramatic as might be thought.

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