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LMC致密恒星形成区N83B的HST研究

HST study of the LMC compact star forming region N83B

M. Heydari-Malayeri, V. Charmandaris, L. Deharveng, M. R. Rosa, D. Schaerer, H. Zinnecker

摘要:

HST高分辨率成像揭示了大麦云(LMC)高激发致密HII区N83 B迄今为止隐藏的恒星内容和星云特征。我们发现,HII区域是由OB协LH 5最近一次大规模恒星爆发提供动力的,爆发产生了大约20颗蓝色恒星,分布在天空中约30”(7.5 pc)。在全球范围内,N83 B显示了一个典型的新生大质量恒星形成点的湍流环境。它包含一个令人印象深刻的山脊,可能是由一次冲击和一个估计年龄只有30,000年的空洞造成的,由大质量恒星的强大风在电离气体中雕刻而成。观测结果显示了两个紧凑的HII斑点,N83 B-1和N83 B-2,以及一个小的弧形星云N83 B-3,位于较大的HII区域内。N83 B-1,只有~2.8”(0.7 pc)宽,是N83 B中最明亮和最兴奋的部分。它可能是爆发中最热的恒星,也受到尘埃的强烈影响,消光系数为Av=2.5 mag.第二个斑点,N83 B-2,更紧凑,大小只有~1”(0.3 pc)。这三个特征都形成于分子云和电离气体之间的边界区,可能是由较老的HII区电离前沿触发的连续过程。我们的HST成像提出了一个有趣的和难得的机会,观察细节的恒星形成的形态在非常小的空间尺度在LMC这是在协议的概念的分子恒星形成云的分形结构。提出了一种支持大质量恒星形成的大质量恒星形成的方案。

英文摘要:

High resolution imaging with the HST uncovers the so far hidden stellar content and the nebular features of the high excitation compact HII region N83B in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We discover that the HII region is powered by the most recent massive starburst in the OB association LH5 and the burst has created about 20 blue stars spread over ~30" on the sky (7.5 pc). Globally N83B displays a turbulent environment typical of newborn massive star formation sites. It contains an impressive ridge, likely created by a shock and a cavity with an estimated age of only ~30,000 yr, sculpted in the ionized gas by the powerful winds of massive stars. The observations bring to light two compact HII blobs, N83B-1 and N83B-2, and a small arc-nebula, N83B-3, lying inside the larger HII region. N83B-1, only ~2.8" (0.7 pc) across, is the brightest and most excited part of N83B. It harbors the presumably hottest star of the burst and is also strongly affected by dust with an extinction of Av=2.5 mag. The second blob, N83B-2, is even more compact, with a size of only ~1" (0.3 pc). All three features are formed in the border zone between the molecular cloud and the ionized gas possibly in a sequential process triggered by the ionization front of an older HII region. Our HST imaging presents an interesting and rare opportunity to observe details in the morphology of the star formation in very small spatial scales in the LMC which are in agreement with the concept of the fractal structure of molecular star forming clouds. A scenario which supports hierarchical massive star formation in the LMC OB association LH5 is presented.

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