Star cluster formation in turbulent, magnetized dense clumps with radiative and outflow feedback

被引:109
作者
Myers, Andrew T. [1 ]
Klein, Richard I. [2 ,3 ]
Krumholz, Mark R. [4 ]
McKee, Christopher F. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Astron, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[3] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[4] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Astron & Astrophys, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
magnetic fields; radiative transfer; turbulence; stars: formation; stars: luminosity function; mass function; stars: protostars; ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT; INITIAL MASS FUNCTION; SELF-SIMILAR COLLAPSE; HYDRODYNAMIC SIMULATIONS; INTERSTELLAR TURBULENCE; PROTOSTELLAR COLLAPSE; MULTIPLICITY SURVEY; SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; MHD TURBULENCE;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/stu190
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We present three orion simulations of star cluster formation in a 1000 M-circle dot, turbulent molecular cloud clump, including the effects of radiative transfer, protostellar outflows, and magnetic fields. Our simulations all use self-consistent turbulent initial conditions and vary the mean mass-to-flux ratio relative to the critical value over mu(Phi) = 2, mu(Phi) = 10, and mu(Phi) = infinity to gauge the influence of magnetic fields on star cluster formation. We find, in good agreement with previous studies, that magnetic fields corresponding to mu(Phi) = 2 lower the star formation rate by a factor of approximate to 2.4 and reduce the amount of fragmentation by a factor of approximate to 2 relative to the zero-field case. We also find that the field increases the characteristic sink particle mass, again by a factor of approximate to 2.4. The magnetic field also increases the degree of clustering in our simulations, such that the maximum stellar densities in the mu(Phi) = 2 case are higher than the others by again a factor of approximate to 2. This clustering tends to encourage the formation of multiple systems, which are more common in the rad-MHD runs than the rad-hydro run. The companion frequency in our simulations is consistent with observations of multiplicity in Class I sources, particularly for the mu(Phi) = 2 case. Finally, we find evidence of primordial mass segregation in our simulations reminiscent of that observed in star clusters like the Orion Nebula Cluster.
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页码:3420 / 3438
页数:19
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