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恒星团形成动力学:富气体环境中的并合

Dynamics of Star Cluster Formation: Mergers in Gas Rich Environments

Jeremy Karam, Alison Sills

AI总结:

该研究通过耦合流体动力学与N体动力学的高分辨率模拟,揭示GMC背景气体促进嵌入期子星团并合,并产生膨胀、角动量及速度空间动力学印记。

摘要:

我们利用与N体动力学相耦合的流体动力学,对巨分子云(GMC)内部正在形成并发生并合的恒星团进行高分辨率模拟,从而同时对气体和恒星建模。我们放大此前已运行的GMC模拟,并在包含周围GMC环境的同时,将星团分解为其恒星组分和气体组分。我们发现,GMC气体通过促进星团并合,在星团的嵌入阶段对促进其增长十分重要。在我们的模拟中,并合会引发星团恒星组分的非对称膨胀。此外,并合还会在星团的恒星和气体组分中诱导角动量。我们发现,如果存在背景气体分布,并合会导致星团中致密气体数量增加。我们预测,这可能引发新的恒星形成,从而改变星团恒星在速度空间中的整体分布。我们的结果表明,在存在背景气体的情况下,子星团并合可能留下动力学印记,这些印记可用于约束星团形成历史。

英文摘要:

We perform high resolution simulations of forming star clusters as they merge inside giant molecular clouds (GMCs) using hydrodynamics coupled to N-body dynamics to simultaneously model both the gas and stars. We zoom in to previously run GMC simulations and resolve clusters into their stellar and gas components while including the surrounding GMC environment. We find that GMC gas is important in facilitating the growth of clusters in their embedded phase by promoting cluster mergers. Mergers induce asymmetric expansion of the stellar component of the clusters in our simulations. As well, mergers induce angular momentum in the clusters' stellar and gas components. We find that mergers can lead to an increase in the amount of dense gas present in clusters if a background gas distribution is present. We predict that this can lead to new star formation that can change the overall distribution of cluster stars in velocity space. Our results suggest that subcluster mergers in the presence of background gas can imprint dynamical signatures that can be used to constrain cluster formation histories.

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