Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-03-09
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.369:143-155,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
13 pages, accepted by MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10260.x
A three dimensional Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamical (SPH) model has been extended to study the radiative driven implosion effect of massive stars on the dynamical evolutions of surrounding molecular clouds. The new elements in the upgraded code are the inclusion of Lyman continuum in the incident radiation flux and the treatment of hydrogen ionisation process; introducing ionisation heating & recombination cooling effects; and adding a proper description of the magnetic and turbulent pressures to the internal pressure of the molecular cloud. The application of this newly developed model to the structure of the middle Eagle Nebula finger suggests that the shock induced by the ionising radiation at the front side of the head precedes an ionisation front moving towards the center of the core, and that the core at the fingertip is at transition stage evolving toward a state of induced star formation. The dynamical evolution of the velocity field of the simulated cloud structure is discussed to illustrate the role of the self-gravity and the different cloud morphologies which appear at different stages in the evolutionary process of the cloud. The modelled gas evaporation rate is consistent with that of current other models and the density, temperature and chemical profiles are agreement with the observed values. The relative lifetimes of different simulated cloud morphologies suggests a possible answer to the question of why more bright-rimmed clouds are observed to possess a flat-core than an elongated-core morphology. [Abridged]
Miao Jianwei
Morgan L. K.
Nelson Richard P.
Thompson Maggie A.
White Glen J.
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