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Self-shielding clumps in starburst clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2017

Jan Palouš
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the CAS, Boční II 1401, 141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic email:[email protected]
Richard Wünsch
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the CAS, Boční II 1401, 141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic email:[email protected]
Soňa Ehlerová
Affiliation:
Astronomical Institute of the CAS, Boční II 1401, 141 31 Prague 4, Czech Republic email:[email protected]
Guillermo Tenorio-Tagle
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofí sica Optica y Electronica, AP 51, 72000 Puebla, Mexico email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Young and massive star clusters above a critical mass form thermally unstable clumps reducing locally the temperature and pressure of the hot 107 K cluster wind. The matter reinserted by stars, and mass loaded in interactions with pristine gas and from evaporating circumstellar disks, accumulate on clumps that are ionized with photons produced by massive stars. We discuss if they may become self-shielded when they reach the central part of the cluster, or even before it, during their free fall to the cluster center. Here we explore the importance of heating efficiency of stellar winds.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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