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Bondi-Hoyle-Littleton吸积与高质量恒星IMF

Bondi-Hoyle-Littleton accretion and the upper mass stellar IMF

Javier Ballesteros-Paredes, Lee W. Hartmann, Nadia Perez-Goytia, Aleksandra Kuznetsova

摘要:

我们报告了一系列的数值模拟的气体云与自重力形成的下沉粒子,采用等温状态方程的热物理隔离重力的影响所产生的下沉质量分布。从超音速速度波动开始的模拟,发展出具有高质量幂律尾翼$dN/d\log M \propto M^Γ$、$Γ= -1 \pm 0.1$的下沉质量函数,与速度场的初始马赫数无关。类似的结果,但具有较弱的统计意义的模拟开始与初始密度波动。这种质量函数的幂律依赖性与Zinnecker假设的Bondi-Hoyle-Littleton(BHL)吸积的渐近极限一致,尽管单个汇的质量吸积率与预测的$\mdot \propto M^2$行为有显著的偏离。虽然BHL吸积是不严格适用的,由于环境的复杂性,我们认为,最终的质量函数是一个{ \em相对} $M^2$依赖于引力集中吸积的结果。我们的模拟可能会显示幂律质量函数特别清楚地与别人相比,因为我们采用的等温状态方程限制了热物理的影响,在产生一个广泛的初始碎裂谱; $Γ\rightarrow -1$是一个渐近极限,只有当汇质量增长远远超过其初始值。虽然我们有目的地消除了许多额外的物理过程(辐射转移,反馈),这可能会影响恒星质量函数,我们的结果强调的重要性,引力聚焦大质量恒星的形成。

英文摘要:

We report on a series of numerical simulations of gas clouds with self-gravity forming sink particles, adopting an isothermal equation of state to isolate the effects of gravity from thermal physics on the resulting sink mass distributions. Simulations starting with supersonic velocity fluctuations develop sink mass functions with a high-mass power-law tail $dN/d\log M \propto M^Γ$, $Γ= -1 \pm 0.1$, independent of the initial Mach number of the velocity field. Similar results but with weaker statistical significance hold for a simulation starting with initial density fluctuations. This mass function power-law dependence agrees with the asymptotic limit found by Zinnecker assuming Bondi-Hoyle-Littleton (BHL) accretion, even though the mass accretion rates of individual sinks show significant departures from the predicted $\mdot \propto M^2$ behavior. While BHL accretion is not strictly applicable due to the complexity of the environment, we argue that the final mass functions are the result of a {\em relative} $M^2$ dependence resulting from gravitationally-focused accretion. Our simulations may show the power-law mass function particularly clearly compared with others because our adoption of an isothermal equation of state limits the effects of thermal physics in producing a broad initial fragmentation spectrum; $Γ\rightarrow -1$ is an asymptotic limit found only when sink masses grow well beyond their initial values. While we have purposely eliminated many additional physical processes (radiative transfer, feedback) which can affect the stellar mass function, our results emphasize the importance of gravitational focusing for massive star formation.

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