期刊
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 722, 期 2, 页码 1556-1576出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/722/2/1556
关键词
accretion, accretion disks; circumstellar matter; hydrodynamics; methods: numerical; radiative transfer; stars: formation; stars: massive
资金
- International Max-Planck Research School for Astronomy and Cosmic Physics at the University of Heidelberg (IMPRS-HD)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [DFG Forschergruppe 759]
- DFG [BE2578]
We present radiation hydrodynamic simulations of the collapse of massive pre-stellar cores. We treat frequency-dependent radiative feedback from stellar evolution and accretion luminosity at a numerical resolution down to 1.27 AU. In the 2D approximation of axially symmetric simulations, for the first time it is possible to simulate the whole accretion phase (up to the end of the accretion disk epoch) for a forming massive star and to perform a broad scan of the parameter space. Our simulation series evidently shows the necessity to incorporate the dust sublimation front to preserve the high shielding property of massive accretion disks. While confirming the upper mass limit of spherically symmetric accretion, our disk accretion models show a persistent high anisotropy of the corresponding thermal radiation field. This yields the growth of the highest-mass stars ever formed in multi-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations, far beyond the upper mass limit of spherical accretion. Non-axially symmetric effects are not necessary to sustain accretion. The radiation pressure launches a stable bipolar outflow, which grows in angle with time, as presumed from observations. For an initialmass of the pre-stellar host core of 60, 120, 240, and 480M(circle dot) the masses of the final stars formed in our simulations add up to 28.2, 56.5, 92.6, and at least 137.2 M-circle dot, respectively.
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