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高质量原团簇中的质量表面密度分布

The Distribution of Mass Surface Densities in a High-Mass Protocluster

Wanggi Lim, Jonathan C. Tan, Jouni Kainulainen, Bo Ma, Michael J. Butler

摘要:

研究了红外暗云G028.37+00.07及其周围巨分子云的质量面密度概率分布函数$Σ$。这种PDF限制了物理过程,如湍流,磁场和自引力,预计将控制云结构和恒星形成活动。选定的IRDC特别令人感兴趣,因为它在8秒差距的半径内几乎有100,000个太阳质量,使其成为已知最大质量,最密集的分子结构之一,因此是形成“超级星团”的潜在场所。“我们以两种方式研究$Σ$。首先,我们使用一个组合的近红外和中红外消光图,能够探测大部分的云结构高达$Σ\sim1\:{\rm{g\:cm}^{-2}}\:$($A_V\simeq200$等)。其次,我们研究了FIR和亚毫米尘埃连续辐射的云利用赫歇尔PACS和SPIRE图像,并仔细注意前景和背景污染的影响。我们发现,从这两种方法的PDF文件,应用在$\sim20^\prime$(30 pc)大小的区域,包含$\simeq1.5\times10^5\:M_\odot$和封闭的最小封闭轮廓与$Σ\simeq0.013\:{\rm{g\:cm}^{-2}}\:$($A_V\simeq3$ MAG),显示出对数正态形状与峰值测量在$Σ\simeq0.021\:{\rm{g\:cm}^{-2}}\:$($A_V\simeq4.7$ MAG)。有一个高$Σ$幂律尾的存在的初步证据,包含从$\sim3\%$到8\%的云材料的质量。我们讨论了这些结果的物理过程中发生的云的影响。

英文摘要:

We study the probability distribution function (PDF) of mass surface densities, $Σ$, of infrared dark cloud (IRDC) G028.37+00.07 and its surrounding giant molecular cloud. This PDF constrains the physical processes, such as turbulence, magnetic fields and self-gravity, that are expected to be controlling cloud structure and star formation activity. The chosen IRDC is of particular interest since it has almost 100,000 solar masses within a radius of 8 parsecs, making it one of the most massive, dense molecular structures known and is thus a potential site for the formation of a "super star cluster." We study $Σ$ in two ways. First, we use a combination of NIR and MIR extinction maps that are able to probe the bulk of the cloud structure up to $Σ\sim1\:{\rm{g\:cm}^{-2}}\:$($A_V\simeq200$ mag). Second, we study the FIR and sub-mm dust continuum emission from the cloud utilizing Herschel PACS and SPIRE images and paying careful attention to the effects of foreground and background contamination. We find that the PDFs from both methods, applied over a $\sim20^\prime$(30 pc)-sized region that contains $\simeq1.5\times10^5\:M_\odot$ and encloses a minimum closed contour with $Σ\simeq0.013\:{\rm{g\:cm}^{-2}}\:$($A_V\simeq3$ mag), shows a log-normal shape with the peak measured at $Σ\simeq0.021\:{\rm{g\:cm}^{-2}}\:$($A_V\simeq4.7$ mag). There is tentative evidence for the presence of a high-$Σ$ power law tail that contains from $\sim3\%$ to 8\% of the mass of the cloud material. We discuss the implications of these results for the physical processes occurring in this cloud.

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