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伊莱亚斯2-27星周盘的螺旋形态是由引力不稳定性引起的吗?

Is the spiral morphology of the Elias 2-27 circumstellar disc due to gravitational instability?

Cassandra Hall, Ken Rice, Giovanni Dipierro, Duncan Forgan, Tim Harries, Richard Alexander

摘要:

最近ALMA对Elias 2-27系统的观测揭示了一个半径约为300 au的双臂结构。围绕中心恒星的原恒星盘异常巨大,这增加了该系统引力不稳定的可能性。最近的工作表明,所观察到的系统形态可以解释为光盘自引力,所以我们研究的物理性质的光盘检测自引力螺旋波。使用三维光滑粒子流体动力学,加上辐射转移和合成ALMA成像,我们发现,可观察到的螺旋结构只能解释自重力,如果光盘具有低的不透明度(因此有效的冷却),并最低限度地支持外部照射。这对应于一个非常狭窄的区域的参数空间,这表明,虽然它是可能的螺旋结构是由于光盘自重,其他的解释,如外部扰动,可能是首选。

英文摘要:

A recent ALMA observation of the Elias 2-27 system revealed a two-armed structure extending out to ~300 au in radius. The protostellar disc surrounding the central star is unusually massive, raising the possibility that the system is gravitationally unstable. Recent work has shown that the observed morphology of the system can be explained by disc self-gravity, so we examine the physical properties of the disc necessary to detect self-gravitating spiral waves. Using three-dimensional Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, coupled with radiative transfer and synthetic ALMA imaging, we find that observable spiral structure can only be explained by self-gravity if the disc has a low opacity (and therefore efficient cooling), and is minimally supported by external irradiation. This corresponds to a very narrow region of parameter space, suggesting that, although it is possible for the spiral structure to be due to disc self-gravity, other explanations, such as an external perturbation, may be preferred.

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