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Where do Stars Form ? Coldest spots in the galaxy: T ~ 10 K Composition: • Mainly molecular hydrogen • 1% dust EGGs = Evaporating Gaseous Globules ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1995/95-190.txt Slide Star-forming Clouds Star-forming Clouds Interstellar Medium = gas between the stars Horsehead Nebula in Orion Dark Globule, IC 1396 Dark Globule, IC 1396 NGC4038/4039, Antennae Galaxies Jeans instability: Thermal pressure cannot support the gas cloud against its selfgravity. The cloud collapses and fragments. Slide Collapsing Cloud Collapsing Cloud Collapsing Cloud Formation of Stars Gas clouds have low temperatures, T~10-300 K with densities ranging from n ~ 5 x 108 m-3 to >1010 m-3. Stars form from the gravitational collapse of these clouds. What is the condition for collapse ? When does gravity overcome the gas pressure ? The Jeans Criterion Worked out by Sir James Jeans (1877-1946), who considered small deviations of a spherical gas cloud from hydrostatic equilibrium. We start with the Virial Theorem: 2K + U = 0 If 2K > |U|, then the gas pressure will dominate over gravity. If 2K < |U|, the cloud will collapse. We worked out previously that for a spherical cloud of constant density, U = -(3/5) (GMC2) / RC where MC and RC are the mass and radius of the gas cloud. Also, K = (3/2) N k T where N is the total number of particles, N = MC / (μmH), μ is the mean molecular weight. Formation of Stars The Jeans Criterion U = -(3/5) (GMC2) / RC K = (3/2) N k T N = MC / (μmH) By the Virial theorem, the condition for collapse is 2K < |U| : 3MC k T 3 GMC2 < μmH 5 RC Radius can be replaced by the initial (constant) density, RC = (3 MC / 4πρ0)1/3. Substituting into the above and solving for the mass, we get the minimum mass in the cloud for gravitational collapse, this is the Jeans Criterion, MC > MJ. MJ = ( 5 kT GμmH 3/2 )( 3 4πρ0 1/2 ) Jeans Mass Similarly, we can get the minimum radius for collapse, RC > RJ : 1/2 Jeans Length 15 k T RJ = 4πG μmH ρ0 ( ) This is important for Star formation, it is also important for Structure formation after the Big Bang ! Shock waves triggering star formation: Slide Bubble Nebula (Cassiopeia) The Stellar Evolution Initial Mass Function (IMF) Log10 Number per log Mass Shows mass distribution of stars formed Nearly 100x as many 0.3 M⊙ stars formed than 10 M⊙ Current evidence suggests that the IMF is universal, but this has not been tested well. Low mass end and High mass end are still uncertain Log10 Mass [M⊙] Zero-Age Main Sequence Zero-Age Main Sequence Evolving onto the Main Sequence Protostars: warm clouds of gas surrounded by infalling matter Protostars = pre-birth state of stars: Hydrogen to Helium fusion not yet ignited Still enshrouded in opaque “cocoons” of dust => barely visible in the optical, but bright in the infrared. A Star is Born Properties of Dust Properties of Dust Infrared Wavelengths 1-200 μm Dust Obscuration Infrared Radiation Dust Grain D ~ 1μm Gas + Dust UV/Visible Wavelengths 0.1-1 μm Dust Cloud Grain size ~ 1μm 1. Dust Absorbs Visible Light, but is Transparent to Infrared Light UV Wavelengths 0.1-0.4 μm Infrared Wavelengths 5-200 μm Visible Wavelengths 0.4-1 μm 2. The Absorbed Light Heats the Dust, Making it Glow in the Infrared Role of angular momentum Protostellar Disks Conservation of angular momentum leads to the formation of protostellar disks → birth place of planets and moons (Iω)before = (Iω)after Protostellar Disks and Jets – Herbig Haro Objects Disks of matter accreted onto the protostar (“accretion disks”) often lead to the formation of jets (directed outflows; bipolar outflows): Herbig Haro Objects From a protostar to a young star: very hot; still accreting matter Observed in the infrared, because infalling gas and dust obscure light Star emerges from the enshrouding dust cocoon • The matter stops falling on the star • Nuclear fusion starts in the core • Planets can be formed from the remaining disk Life of stars: Gravity is everything • Stars are born due to gravitational collapse of gas clouds • Star’s life is a battle between gas/radiation pressure generated by nuclear reactions and gravity • Eventually, a star loses this battle, and gravity overwhelms Slide What happens when all hydrogen is converted into helium in the core?? Slide What happens when all hydrogen is converted into helium in the core?? Mass determines the fate of the star Slide Evolution on the Main Sequence A star’s life time T ~ energy reservoir / luminosity Energy reservoir ~ M Luminosity L ~ M3.5 T ~ M/L ~ 1/M2.5 Massive stars have short lives! Slide Evolution on the Main Sequence Main-Sequence stars live by fusing H to He. Zero-Age Main Sequence (ZAMS) Slide MS evolution Finite supply of H => finite life time. Understanding the Main Sequence Understanding the Main Sequence Luminosity-Radius-Temperature Relation Luminosity = energy/second A star’s luminosity is proportional to its size and effective temperature: L∗ = 4 2 4πR∗ σT∗ Mass, the Driving Factor Mass, the Driving Factor Luminosity-Mass Relation L∗ ∝ M∗4 Main Sequence is also a Mass Sequence Low Mass Stars: cooler & fainter longer MS lifetimes High Mass Stars: hotter & brighter shorter MS lifetimes Star Clusters As gas clouds collapse, they often form stars in clusters ranging from tens of stars to thousands of stars. Every star in a cluster formed from the same cloud, so they have the same metal mass fraction. There are two types. Population II clusters (generically called “globular” clusters) tend to have older, more metal poor stars. Population I clusters (“galactic” or “open” clusters) tend to be younger, with more metals. Examples: M13 Globular cluster. Thousands of stars, age of 14 billion years. Pleiades Galactic cluster. Many stars, dominated by luminous blue stars, formed within the last 100 Myr. M13 Globular Cluster M13 Globular Cluster HST IMAGE M13 Globular Cluster The Pleiades, Galactic Cluster HR Diagram of a Star Cluster Slide Star Clusters Star Clusters Star Clusters Star Clusters Star Clusters Because Star Clusters were formed all at once, they give us a way of seeing “snapshots” of stellar evolution. All the stars have (very, very nearly) the same distance modulus, so we only need their apparent magnitudes. Color-magnitude diagram of M3, an old globular cluster. From Renzini & Pecci, 1988, ARAA, 26, 199 Star Clusters Color-magnitude diagram for NGC 2362, a very young open cluster. Shows Main sequence and pre-main sequence stars (on left). pre-main sequence main sequence Moitinho et al. 2001, ApJ, 563, L73 We can construct theoretical HR (color-magnitude) diagrams for stellar populations as a function of the cluster age. The model for a fixed time is an isochrone. This lets us determine the age of the star cluster and study stellar evolution (are our models correct ?!) Age (yrs) at Main Sequence turnoff