Do the environmental conditions affect the dust-induced fragmentation in low-metallicity clouds ?: Effect of pre-ionization and far-ultraviolet/cosmic-ray fields
arXiv:1205.0086 · doi:10.1093/pasj/64.5.114
Abstract
We study effects of the fully ionized initial state, or pre-ionization, on the subsequent thermal evolution of low-metallicity clouds under various intensities of the external far-ultraviolet(FUV) and cosmic-ray(CR) fields. The pre-ionization significantly affects the thermal and dynamical evolution of metal-free clouds without FUV/CRs by way of efficient HD formation. On the other hand, the pre-ionization effect on the thermal evolution is limited in very low-density regime for more metal-enriched clouds ([Z/H] >~ -4) or those under modest FUV (>10^{-3}) or CR field (>0.1 of the present-day Galactic disk levels). In any case, for >10^8 cm^{-3}, neither the initial ionization state nor the irradiating FUV strength affect the thermal evolution. The dust cooling is an important mechanism for making sub-solar mass fragments in low-metallicity gas. Since this fragmentation occurs at the temperature minimum by the dust cooling at >10^{10} cm^{-3}, this process is not vulnerable either to initial ionization state or external radiation.
11 pages, 5 figures, PASJ accepted
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