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arXiv 1603.05720astro-ph.GAastro-ph.SR
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分子云中的引力加速度和边缘效应

Gravitational acceleration and edge effects in molecular clouds

Guang-Xing Li, Andi Burkert, Tom Megeath, Friedrich Wyrowski

摘要:

引力在分子云的演化过程中起着重要的作用。本文提出了一种基于观测数据的加速度映射方法来估计分子云中引力相互作用引起的加速度。我们发现,一个区域的几何形状有显着的影响重力的行为。在可以近似为气体细丝的烟斗星云中,我们发现重力加速度可以有效地压缩这个细丝的末端,这可能引发了恒星的形成。我们将其定义为Burkert & Hartman(2004)提出的“引力聚焦”效应。在片状的IC 348-B3区域,重力可以导致其边缘的坍缩,而在中心凝聚的NGC 1333星团形成区域,重力可以驱动吸积向中心。在一般情况下,重力加速度往往是增强周围的长丝的端部和片状结构的边缘的局部区域。忽略磁场,这些“引力聚焦”和“边缘坍缩”效应可以在比全球动力学时间短得多的时间尺度内促进致密气体的形成。由于星际介质一般是有结构的,这些边缘效应应该是普遍存在的。

英文摘要:

Gravity plays important roles in the evolution of molecular clouds. We present an acceleration mapping method to estimate the acceleration induced by gravitational interactions in molecular clouds based on observational data. We find that the geometry of a region has a significant impact on the behavior of gravity. In the Pipe nebula which can be approximated as a gas filament, we find that gravitational acceleration can effectively compress the end of this filament, which may have triggered star formation. We identify this as the "gravitational focusing" effect proposed by Burkert & Hartman (2004). In the sheet-like IC348-B3 region, gravity can lead to collapse at its edge, while in the centrally condensed NGC1333 cluster-forming region gravity can drive accretion towards the center. In general, gravitational acceleration tends to be enhanced in the localized regions around the ends of the filaments and the edges of sheet-like structures. Neglecting magnetic fields, these "gravitational focusing" and "edge collapse" effects can promote the formation of dense gas in a timescale that is much shorter than the global dynamical time. Since the interstellar medium is in general structured, these edge effects should be prevalent.

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