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超级恒星团簇形成中的辐射压

Radiation pressure in super star cluster formation

Benny Tsz-Ho Tsang, Milos Milosavljevic

摘要:

恒星形成的物理学在其极端,在原子核和宇宙中最大质量的星团-潜在的大质量黑洞托儿所-几十年来一直逃避审查。这些系统的光谱一直很稀少,而理论论据表明,尘埃颗粒上的辐射压力在某种程度上抑制了恒星的形成。在这里,我们利用加速蒙特卡罗辐射输运计划报告的辐射流体动力学模拟的超级明星团簇形成的湍流云。我们发现,辐射压力使全球恒星形成效率降低30- 35%,恒星形成率降低15- 50%,两者都是相对于无辐射的控制运行。总的来说,辐射压力并没有终止恒星形成的气体供应,最大质量星团的最终恒星质量是$\sim 1.3\times10^6\,M_\odot$。与理想化的理论模型相比,有限的影响归因于超音速湍流,引力坍缩介质中的辐射物质反相关。在大质量星团外的孤立区域,气体分布受到的干扰较少,辐射压在限制恒星形成方面更有效。星团核心的恒星密度为$\ge 10^{8}\,M_{\odot}\,\textrm{pc}^{-3}$,恒星速度色散为$\gtrsim 70\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}$。我们的结论是,超星团核有利于通过动力学核坍缩和恒星合并形成超大质量恒星。我们推测,非常大质量的恒星可能会避免声称的灾难性的质量损失,继续吸积致密气体冷凝从引力限制电离阶段。

英文摘要:

The physics of star formation at its extreme, in the nuclei of the densest and the most massive star clusters in the universe - potential massive black hole nurseries - has for decades eluded scrutiny. Spectroscopy of these systems has been scarce, whereas theoretical arguments suggest that radiation pressure on dust grains somehow inhibits star formation. Here, we harness an accelerated Monte Carlo radiation transport scheme to report a radiation hydrodynamical simulation of super star cluster formation in turbulent clouds. We find that radiation pressure reduces the global star formation efficiency by 30-35%, and the star formation rate by 15-50%, both relative to a radiation-free control run. Overall, radiation pressure does not terminate the gas supply for star formation and the final stellar mass of the most massive cluster is $\sim 1.3\times10^6\,M_\odot$. The limited impact as compared to in idealized theoretical models is attributed to a radiation-matter anti-correlation in the supersonically turbulent, gravitationally collapsing medium. In isolated regions outside massive clusters, where the gas distribution is less disturbed, radiation pressure is more effective in limiting star formation. The resulting stellar density at the cluster core is $\ge 10^{8}\,M_{\odot}\,\textrm{pc}^{-3}$, with stellar velocity dispersion $\gtrsim 70\,\text{km}\,\text{s}^{-1}$. We conclude that the super star cluster nucleus is propitious to the formation of very massive stars via dynamical core collapse and stellar merging. We speculate that the very massive star may avoid the claimed catastrophic mass loss by continuing to accrete dense gas condensing from a gravitationally-confined ionized phase.

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