GLOBULAR-CLUSTER FORMATION - THE FOSSIL RECORD

被引:72
作者
MURRAY, SD [1 ]
LIN, DNC [1 ]
机构
[1] QUEEN MARY & WESTFIELD COLL,SCH MATH SCI,LONDON E1 4N5,ENGLAND
关键词
GLOBULAR CLUSTERS; GENERAL; STARS; FORMATION;
D O I
10.1086/171993
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Properties of globular clusters which have remained unchanged since their formation are used to infer the internal pressures, cooling times, and dynamical times of the protocluster clouds immediately prior to the onset of star formation. For all globular clusters examined, it is found that the cooling times are much less than the dynamical times, implying that the protoclusters must have been maintained in thermal equilibrium by external heat sources, with fluxes consistent with those found in previous work, and giving the observed rho - T relation. Self-gravitating clouds cannot be stably heated, so that the Jeans mass forms an upper limit to the cluster masses. The observed dependence of protocluster pressure upon galactocentric position implies that the protocluster clouds were in hydrostatic equilibrium after their formation. The pressure dependence is well fitted by that expected for a quasi-statically evolving background hot gas, shock heated to its virial temperature. The observations and inferences are combined with previous theoretical work to construct a picture of globular cluster formation.
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