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Filament collapse:一个两阶段过程

Filament collapse: a two phase process

Elena Hoemann, Stefan Heigl, Andreas Burkert

AI总结:

通过数值模拟与解析方法研究丝状分子云引力坍缩,提出包含自引力主导的自由下落和冲压平衡的恒速坍缩两阶段模型,发现其适用于不同密度分布。

摘要:

利用数值模拟,我们研究了丝状分子云结构的引力演化及其凝聚为致密原恒星核的过程。一种可能的机制是所谓的“边缘效应”,即由于自引力导致物质在丝状结构末端堆积。该效应由理论预测但极少被观测到。为了更好地理解其潜在过程,我们使用简单的解析方法来描述坍缩及相应的坍缩时间。我们确定了一个包含两个不同阶段的模型:第一阶段由丝状结构的自引力主导,表现为自由下落。在第二阶段,经过转折点后,坍缩由丝状结构内部物质产生的ram pressure(冲压)平衡,从而产生恒定的坍缩速度。该方法重现了均匀密度丝状结构既定的坍缩时间,并与我们的流体动力学模拟结果高度吻合。此外,我们还研究了不同径向密度分布对坍缩的影响。我们发现,与均匀丝状结构相比,偏差小于10%。因此,均匀密度丝状结构的解析坍缩模型是一种极佳的通用方法。

英文摘要:

Using numerical simulations, we investigate the gravitational evolution of filamentary molecular cloud structures and their condensation into dense protostellar cores. One possible process is the so called 'edge effect', the pile-up of matter at the end of the filament due to self-gravity. This effect is predicted by theory but only rarely observed. To get a better understanding of the underlying processes we used a simple analytic approach to describe the collapse and the corresponding collapse time. We identify a model of two distinct phases: The first phase is free fall dominated, due to the self-gravity of the filament. In the second phase, after the turning point, the collapse is balanced by the ram pressure, produced by the inside material of the filament, which leads to a constant collapse velocity. This approach reproduces the established collapse time of uniform density filaments and agrees well with our hydrodynamic simulations. In addition, we investigate the influence of different radial density profiles on the collapse. We find that the deviations compared to the uniform filament are less than 10%. Therefore, the analytic collapse model of the uniform density filament is an excellent general approach.

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