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使用氨(NH_3) (1,1)和(2,2)谱线研究金牛座分子云中前恒星核L1517B中心区域的内部结构

Studying the internal structures of the central region of prestellar core L1517B in Taurus molecular cloud using ammonia (NH_3 ) (1,1) and (2,2) lines

Atanu Koley

AI总结:

本研究利用VLA望远镜观测前恒星核L1517B的氨谱线,揭示了其中心区域接近圆形、温度恒定、存在微弱旋转且湍流呈亚音速等物理与运动学特性,发现该区域可能正处于收缩阶段。

摘要:

测量前恒星核的内部结构对于理解恒星形成之前的初始条件至关重要。在这项工作中,我们使用Karl G. Jansky甚大阵射电望远镜(VLA,空间分辨率约3.7角秒)研究了前恒星核L1517B中心区域的氨谱线(NH3)(J,K=1,1和2,2)。我们的分析表明,从NH3 (1,1)和(2,2)发射得到的该核中心区域形状接近圆形。径向平均的动力学温度(T_k)几乎保持不变,平均值约为9 K。在这个前恒星核的中心致密核内部,没有观察到动力学温度(T_k)的急剧径向下降。此外,我们还注意到该区域存在从东北到西南方向的整体速度梯度,这可能表明该核存在旋转运动。然后我们计算了参数beta,其定义为旋转能与引力势能之比,发现beta约等于5 x 10^-03;这表明旋转至少在核的中心区域内部没有影响。我们还进行了维里分析,观察到中心区域可能处于收缩阶段。通过这项研究,我们还表明中心区域内部的湍流具有亚音速特性(声速马赫数,M_s < 1),并且没有明显的尺度依赖性。此外,我们注意到激发温度(T_ex)和NH3柱密度从核中心向外侧递减,其峰值分别为5.6 K和约10^15 cm-2。总之,这项工作考察了L1517B前恒星核中心区域的不同物理和运动学特性。

英文摘要:

Measurement of internal structures in the prestellar core is essential for understanding the initial conditions prior to star formation. In this work,, we study the ammonia lines (NH3 ) (J,K=1,1 and 2,2) in the central region of the prestellar core L1517B with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array Radio Telescope (VLA, spatial resolution ~ 3.7"). Our analysis indicates that the central region of the core is close-to-round in shape obtained both from NH3 (1,1) and (2,2) emissions. Radially averaged kinetic temperature (T_k ) is almost constant with a mean value of ~9 K. A radially sharp decrease in kinetic temperature (T_k ) has not been observed inside the central dense nucleus of this prestellar core. In addition, we also notice that there is an overall velocity gradient from north-east to south-west direction in this region, which may be indicative of the rotational motion of the core. We then calculate the parameter beta, which is defined as the ratio of rotational energy to gravitational potential energy and find that beta equals to ~ 5 x 10^-03 ; which indicates that rotation has no effect at least inside the central region of the core. We also perform the viral analysis and observe that the central region may be in a stage of contraction. From this study, we also show that turbulence inside the central region is subsonic in nature (sonic Mach number, M_s< 1) and has no prominent length-scale dependence. Furthermore, we notice that the decrement of excitation temperature (T_ex ) and column density of NH3 from the centre of the core to the outer side with the peak values of 5.6 K and ~ 10^15 cm-2 respectively. In conclusion, this work examines different physical and kinematical properties of the central region of the L1517B prestellar core.

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