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星暴环境中分子云的碎裂

The fragmentation of molecular clouds in starburst environments

Matt T. Cusack, Paul C. Clark, Simon C. O. Glover, Ralf S. Klessen, Philipp Girichidis, Anthony P. Whitworth, Felix D. Priestley

AI总结:

本文通过将 ISRF 与 CRIR 提升至 CMZ 和星暴星系水平的流体动力学模拟,揭示极端环境下分子云在星核尺度碎裂减少、在恒星系统尺度碎裂增强,并形成顶重质量函数。

摘要:

大量恒星形成正发生且曾经发生在不同于太阳邻域的环境中。大多数恒星形成于更接近宇宙恒星形成率峰值的时期(z > 1.3),而当前也有大量恒星形成发生在银河系的中心分子区(CMZ)。这些环境的共同特征是存在高星际辐射场(ISRF)和高宇宙射线电离率(CRIR)。关于恒星诞生的数值研究通常忽略这一事实,而那些没有忽略该事实的研究迄今在范围上也受到限制。在本工作中,我们首次对极端环境中的恒星形成流体动力学模拟进行了全面分析;在这些环境中,我们将 ISRF 和 CRIR 提高到 CMZ 和星暴星系的典型数值。我们注意到,在星核尺度和恒星系统尺度上,碎裂行为均发生变化,导致高 ISRF/CRIR 云中出现顶重的星核质量函数和恒星系统质量函数。分子云在星核尺度上碎裂较少,产生数量更少但质量更大的星核。相反,这些星核碎裂得更剧烈,并产生更富有的恒星系统星团。我们提出这样一幅图景:高 ISRF/CRIR 云在星核和团块尺度上碎裂较少,但在恒星系统尺度上碎裂更多。碎裂行为的变化随后通过增强的吸积率改变所形成恒星系统的质量函数。

英文摘要:

A significant amount of star formation occurs and has occurred in environments unlike the solar neighbourhood. The majority of stars formed closer to the peak of the cosmic star formation rate (z > 1.3) and a great deal of star formation presently occurs in the central molecular zone (CMZ) of the Galaxy. These environments are unified by the presence of a high interstellar radiation field (ISRF) and a high cosmic ray ionisation rate (CRIR). Numerical studies of stellar birth typically neglect this fact, and those that do not have thus far been limited in scope. In this work we present the first comprehensive analysis of hydrodynamical simulations of star formation in extreme environments where we have increased the ISRF and CRIR to values typical of the CMZ and starburst galaxies. We note changes in the fragmentation behaviour on both the core and stellar system scale, leading to top-heavy core and stellar system mass functions in high ISRF/CRIR clouds. Clouds fragment less on the core scale, producing fewer but more massive cores. Conversely, the cores fragment more intensely and produce richer clusters of stellar systems. We present a picture where high ISRF/CRIR clouds fragment less on the scale of cores and clumps, but more on the scale of stellar systems. The change in fragmentation behaviour subsequently changes the mass function of the stellar systems that form through enhanced accretion rates.

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