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四个银河系GMC中恒星形成与气体密度的关系:恒星反馈的影响

The Star Formation-Gas Density Relation in Four Galactic GMCs: Effects of Stellar Feedback

John H. Bieging, Shuo Kong

摘要:

我们目前的地图4银河巨分子云(GMC)在J = 2 - 1的CO和$^{13}$ CO的发射。我们使用LTE分析得出CO的激发温度和柱密度和总分子气体柱密度,$Σ_{gas}$的分布图。通过对Lewis等人(2021)的结果进行近似,解释了CO因冻结到冷尘埃颗粒上而消耗的情况,该结果来自{\it Herschel}的远红外观测。年轻恒星天体(YSO)的表面密度是从公布的星表中获得的。平均YSO表面密度表现出幂律依赖于$Σ_{gas}$,指数在0.9至1.9的范围内。气柱密度概率分布函数(PDF)显示幂律尾部延伸到高柱密度。对于3个GMC,音速马赫数分布$M_S$在$M_S \sim 5 - 8$处有一个尖锐的峰值;第四个GMC有一个宽的分布,直到$M_S =30$,这可能是多颗OB星反馈效应的结果。根据Pokhrel等人(2021)的方法进行的分析发现,我们的GMC样本显示出的幂律关系比Pokhrel等人(2021)在不同云样本中发现的恒星形成率与$<Σ_{gas}>$和$<Σ_{gas}>/t_{ff}$的关系要浅一些。我们讨论了可能的差异,在两个样本的恒星形成云和恒星反馈的气体密度和恒星形成率之间的关系的影响。

英文摘要:

We present maps of 4 galactic giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in the J=2-1 emission of both CO and $^{13}$CO. We use an LTE analysis to derive maps of the CO excitation temperature and column density and the distribution of total molecular gas column density, $Σ_{gas}$. The depletion of CO by freeze-out onto cold dust grains is accounted for by an approximation to the results of Lewis et al. (2021) which were derived from far-IR observations with {\it Herschel}. The surface density of young stellar objects (YSOs) is obtained from published catalogs. The mean YSO surface density exhibits a power-law dependence on $Σ_{gas}$, with exponents in the range 0.9 to 1.9. Gas column density probability distribution functions (PDFs) show power-law tails extending to high column densities. The distributions of sonic Mach number, $M_S$ are sharply peaked at $M_S \sim 5 - 8$ for 3 GMCs; a fourth has a broad distribution up to $M_S =30$, possibly a result of feedback effects from multiple OB stars. An analysis following the methodology of Pokhrel et al. (2021) finds that our sample of GMCs shows power-law relations that are somewhat shallower than found by Pokhrel et al. (2021) for the star formation rate vs. $<Σ_{gas}>$ and vs. $<Σ_{gas}>/t_{ff}$ in a different sample of clouds. We discuss possible differences in the two samples of star-forming clouds and the effects of stellar feedback on the relation between gas density and star formation rate.

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