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VMC调查- XLVII。大麦云星云中由Turbulence控制的分级恒星形成

The VMC survey -- XLVII. Turbulence-Controlled Hierarchical Star Formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud

Amy E. Miller, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Richard de Grijs, Ning-Chen Sun, Cameron P. M. Bell, Samyaday Choudhury, Valentin D. Ivanov, Marcella Marconi, Joana Oliveir… 展开作者

Amy E. Miller, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Richard de Grijs, Ning-Chen Sun, Cameron P. M. Bell, Samyaday Choudhury, Valentin D. Ivanov, Marcella Marconi, Joana Oliveira, Monika Petr-Gotzens, Vincenzo Ripepi, Jacco Th. van Loon

摘要:

我们进行了统计聚类分析的上部主序星在大麦云云(LMC)使用的数据从可见光和红外巡天望远镜的天文调查麦哲伦云。我们绘制了超过2500个年轻的恒星结构,在15个显著性水平上,以LMC为中心,大约120平方度。这些结构的大小从几个秒差距到超过1千秒差距不等。我们发现,年轻的结构遵循幂律的大小和质量分布。根据周长-面积关系,我们得出周长-面积维数为1.44+-0.20。根据质量-尺寸关系和尺寸分布,我们推导出二维分形维数分别为1.50+-0.10和1.61+-0.20。我们发现,表面密度分布是很好的对数正态分布。我们应用Larson关系来估计这些结构的速度色散和交叉时间。我们的研究结果表明,年轻的恒星结构的分形性质已经从它们形成的气体云继承,这种架构是由超音速湍流产生的。我们的研究结果还表明,在LMC的恒星形成是无标度的10 pc到700 pc。

英文摘要:

We perform a statistical clustering analysis of upper main-sequence stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using data from the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy survey of the Magellanic Clouds. We map over 2500 young stellar structures at 15 significance levels across ~120 square degrees centred on the LMC. The structures have sizes ranging from a few parsecs to over 1 kpc. We find that the young structures follow power-law size and mass distributions. From the perimeter-area relation, we derive a perimeter-area dimension of 1.44+-0.20. From the mass-size relation and the size distribution, we derive two-dimensional fractal dimensions of 1.50+-0.10 and 1.61+-0.20, respectively. We find that the surface density distribution is well-represented by a lognormal distribution. We apply the Larson relation to estimate the velocity dispersions and crossing times of these structures. Our results indicate that the fractal nature of the young stellar structures has been inherited from the gas clouds from which they form and that this architecture is generated by supersonic turbulence. Our results also suggest that star formation in the LMC is scale-free from 10 pc to 700 pc.

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