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磁场在设定恒星形成率和初始质量函数中的作用

The Role of Magnetic Fields in Setting the Star Formation Rate and the Initial Mass Function

Mark R. Krumholz, Christoph Federrath

摘要:

形成恒星的气体云被强烈磁化,它们的电离分数足够高,使它们在除了最小尺度之外的所有尺度上都接近理想磁流体力学的状态。在这篇综述中,我们讨论了磁场对这些云的恒星形成率(SFR)的影响,并对恒星形成过程的结果,恒星初始质量函数(IMF)的碎片的质谱。目前的数值结果表明,磁场本身是次要的球员在设置无论是SFR或IMF,改变恒星形成率和恒星质量中位数只有$\sim 2-3$的因素相比,非磁化流。然而,磁场的间接效应,通过它们与喷流、光电离、辐射加热和超新星形式的恒星形成反馈的相互作用,可能会产生更大的影响。我们在目前的模拟中探索这种可能性的证据,并为未来的探索,无论是在模拟和观察的途径。

英文摘要:

Star-forming gas clouds are strongly magnetized, and their ionization fractions are high enough to place them close to the regime of ideal magnetohydrodyamics on all but the smallest size scales. In this review we discuss the effects of magnetic fields on the star formation rate (SFR) in these clouds, and on the mass spectrum of the fragments that are the outcome of the star formation process, the stellar initial mass function (IMF). Current numerical results suggest that magnetic fields by themselves are minor players in setting either the SFR or the IMF, changing star formation rates and median stellar masses only by factors of $\sim 2-3$ compared to non-magnetized flows. However, the indirect effects of magnetic fields, via their interaction with star formation feedback in the form of jets, photoionization, radiative heating, and supernovae, could have significantly larger effects. We explore evidence for this possibility in current simulations, and suggest avenues for future exploration, both in simulations and observations.

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