Winds in Star Clusters Drive Kolmogorov Turbulence

Abstract

Intermediate and massive stars drive fast and powerful isotropic winds that interact with the winds of nearby stars in star clusters and the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). Wind-ISM collisions generate astrospheres around these stars that contain hot $T\sim 10^7$ K gas that adiabatically expands. As individual bubbles expand and collide they become unstable, potentially driving turbulence in star clusters. In this paper we use hydrodynamic simulations to model a densely populated young star cluster within a homogeneous cloud to study stellar wind collisions with the surrounding ISM. We model a mass-segregated cluster of 20 B-type young main sequence stars with masses ranging from 3--17 $M_{\odot }$. We evolve the winds for $\sim$11 kyrs and show that wind-ISM collisions and over-lapping wind-blown bubbles around B-stars mixes the hot gas and ISM material generating Kolmogorov-like turbulence on small scales early in its evolution. We discuss how turbulence driven by stellar winds may impact the subsequent generation of star formation in the cluster

arXiv comment12 pages, 5 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJL

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