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超星系团前分子云的物理条件

The Physical Conditions in a Pre Super Star Cluster Molecular Cloud in the Antennae Galaxies

K. E. Johnson, A. K. Leroy, R. Indebetouw, C. L. Brogan, B. C. Whitmore, J. Hibbard, K. Sheth, A. Evans

摘要:

本文分析了近红外并合星系中极端分子云的物理条件。这个云的性质与形成球状星团所需的性质一致。我们用$\sim 0".5$分辨率对银河系进行了ALMA CO和870 $μ$ m观测。该云在数据中突出,半径为$\lesssim 24$ ~pc,质量为$>5\times 10^6$ ~M $_\odot$。星云似乎能够形成球状星团,但缺乏相关的热无线电发射表明恒星的形成尚未改变环境。热射电辐射的缺乏使云处于演化的早期阶段,我们预计这是短暂的($\lesssim 1$ ~Myr),因此是罕见的。考虑到它的质量和动能,要使云受到限制(正如它的外观强烈地表明的那样),它必须受到P/ $k_B \gtrsim 10^8$ ~K~cm $^{-3}$的外部压力--比典型的星际压力高10,000倍。这将支持形成球状星团需要高压的理论,并可能解释为什么像彗星这样的极端环境是产生这种物体的首选环境。考虑到云的温度为$\sim 25$ ~K,内部压力必须由非热过程控制,最有可能是湍流。我们预计分子云会坍缩,并在$\lesssim 1$ ~Myr中开始恒星形成。

英文摘要:

We present an analysis of the physical conditions in an extreme molecular cloud in the Antennae merging galaxies. This cloud has properties consistant with those required to form a globular cluster. We have obtained ALMA CO and 870$μ$m observations of the Antennae galaxy system with $\sim 0".5$ resolution. This cloud stands out in the data with a radius of $\lesssim 24$~pc and mass of $>5\times 10^6$~M$_\odot$. The cloud appears capable of forming a globular cluster, but the lack of associated thermal radio emission indicates that star formation has not yet altered the environment. The lack of thermal radio emission places the cloud in an early stage of evolution, which we expect to be short-lived ($\lesssim 1$~Myr) and thus rare. Given its mass and kinetic energy, for the cloud to be confined (as its appearance strongly suggests) it must be subject to an external pressure of P/$k_B \gtrsim 10^8$~K~cm$^{-3}$ -- 10,000 times higher than typical interstellar pressure. This would support theories that high pressures are required to form globular clusters and may explain why extreme environments like the Antennae are preferred environments for generating such objects. Given the cloud temperature of $\sim 25$~K, the internal pressure must be dominated by non-thermal processes, most likely turbulence. We expect the molecular cloud to collapse and begin star formation in $\lesssim 1$~Myr.

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