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Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey。XIII。稠密分子云结构的物理性质和质量函数

The Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey. XIII. Physical Properties and Mass Functions of Dense Molecular Cloud Structures

Timothy P. Ellsworth-Bowers, Jason Glenn, Allyssa Riley, Erik Rosolowsky, Adam Ginsburg, Neal J. Evans, John Bally, Cara Battersby, Yancy L. Shirley, Manuel Merello

摘要:

我们使用Ellsweet-Bowers等人(2013,2015)的距离概率密度函数(DPDF)形式来推导1,710个Bolocam银河平面巡天(BGPS)版本2源的物理特性,并进行了良好的距离估计。考虑到Malmquist偏差,我们估计BGPS源的当前样本在400 $M_\odot$以上完成90%,在70 $M_\odot$以上完成50%。整个样本的质量分布和天体物理学动机的子集一般拟合良好的对数正态函数,在高质量近似幂律分布。当样本总体在日心距离上变窄时,幂律行为表现得更明显(幂律指数$α= 2.0\pm0.1$适用于距离小于6.5 kpc的源,而$α= 1.9\pm0.1$适用于2 kpc和10 kpc之间的天体)。高质量的幂律指数一般是$1.85 \leq α\leq 2.05$的各种子样本的来源,中间的巨大分子云和恒星的初始质量函数。对整个样本的拟合产生高质量幂律$\hatα = 1.94_{-0.10}^{+0.34}$。BGPS源的物理性质与大分子云团块或小分子云一致,但致密星际介质的分形性质使得难以将观测类别映射到驱动观测结构的主导物理过程。基于BGPS稠密分子云结构的银盘质量表面密度的正面图显示了高质量恒星形成区W 43、W 49和W51在第一象限中的突出质量集中。此外,我们提出了一个0.25 kpc分辨率的致密气体质量分数的地图,整个银河系盘的峰值约为5%。

英文摘要:

We use the distance probability density function (DPDF) formalism of Ellsworth-Bowers et al. (2013, 2015) to derive physical properties for the collection of 1,710 Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS) version 2 sources with well-constrained distance estimates. To account for Malmquist bias, we estimate that the present sample of BGPS sources is 90% complete above 400 $M_\odot$ and 50% complete above 70 $M_\odot$. The mass distributions for the entire sample and astrophysically motivated subsets are generally fitted well by a lognormal function, with approximately power-law distributions at high mass. Power-law behavior emerges more clearly when the sample population is narrowed in heliocentric distance (power-law index $α= 2.0\pm0.1$ for sources nearer than 6.5 kpc and $α= 1.9\pm0.1$ for objects between 2 kpc and 10 kpc). The high-mass power-law indices are generally $1.85 \leq α\leq 2.05$ for various subsamples of sources, intermediate between that of giant molecular clouds and the stellar initial mass function. The fit to the entire sample yields a high-mass power-law $\hatα = 1.94_{-0.10}^{+0.34}$. Physical properties of BGPS sources are consistent with large molecular cloud clumps or small molecular clouds, but the fractal nature of the dense interstellar medium makes difficult the mapping of observational categories to the dominant physical processes driving the observed structure. The face-on map of the Galactic disk's mass surface density based on BGPS dense molecular cloud structures reveals the high-mass star-forming regions W43, W49, and W51 as prominent mass concentrations in the first quadrant. Furthermore, we present a 0.25-kpc resolution map of the dense gas mass fraction across the Galactic disk that peaks around 5%.

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