EVOLUTION OF BLISTER-TYPE H ii REGIONS IN A MAGNETIZED MEDIUM
EVOLUTION OF BLISTER-TYPE H ii REGIONS IN A MAGNETIZED MEDIUM
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磁化介质中泡罩型 H ii 区域的演变
DOI:
10.1088/0004-637x/745/2/158
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发表时间:
2011
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通讯作者:
M. Krumholz
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作者:
Leo Gendelev;M. Krumholz
We use the three-dimensional Athena ionizing radiation-magnetohydrodynamics code to simulate blister-type H ii regions driven by stars on the edge of magnetized gas clouds. We compare these to simulations of spherical H ii regions where the star is embedded deep within a cloud, and to non-magnetized simulations of both types, in order to compare their ability to drive turbulence and influence star formation. We find that magnetized blister H ii regions can be very efficient at injecting energy into clouds. This is partly a magnetic effect: the magnetic energy added to a cloud by an H ii region is comparable to or larger than the kinetic energy, and magnetic fields can also help collimate the ejected gas, increasing its energy yield. As a result of these effects, a blister H ii region expanding into a cloud with a magnetic field perpendicular to its edge injects twice as much energy by 5 Myr as a non-magnetized blister H ii region driven by a star of the same luminosity. Blister H ii regions are also more efficient at injecting kinetic energy than spherical H ii regions, due to the recoil provided by escaping gas, but not as much as predicted by some analytic approximations.