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The Formation of Stars

Outline I. Making Stars from the Interstellar Medium A. Star Birth in Giant Molecular Clouds B. Heating By Contraction C. Protostars D. Evidence of Star Formation II. The Source of Stellar Energy A. A Review of the Proton-Proton Chain B. The CNO Cycle III. Stellar Structure A. Energy Transport B. What Supports the Sun? C. Inside Stars D. The Pressure-Temperature Thermostat

Outline (continued) IV. The Orion Nebula A. Evidence of Young Stars

Young stars, still in their birth nebulae The Life Cycle of Stars Dense, dark clouds, possibly forming stars in the future Aging supergiant Young stars, still in their birth nebulae

Giant Molecular Clouds Barnard 68 Infrared Visible Star formation collapse of the cores of giant molecular clouds: Dark, cold, dense clouds obscuring the light of stars behind them. (More transparent in infrared light.)

Parameters of Giant Molecular Clouds Size: r ~ 50 pc Mass: > 100,000 Msun Temp.: a few 0K Dense cores: R ~ 0.1 pc M ~ 1 Msun Much too cold and too low density to ignite thermonuclear processes Clouds need to contract and heat up in order to form stars.

Contraction of Giant Molecular Cloud Cores Horse Head Nebula Thermal Energy (pressure) Magnetic Fields Rotation (angular momentum) Turbulence External trigger required to initiate the collapse of clouds to form stars.

Shocks Triggering Star Formation Trifid Nebula Globules = sites where stars are being born right now!

Sources of Shock Waves Triggering Star Formation (1) Previous star formation can trigger further star formation through: a) Shocks from supernovae (explosions of massive stars): Massive stars die young => Supernovae tend to happen near sites of recent star formation

Sources of Shock Waves Triggering Star Formation (2) Previous star formation can trigger further star formation through: b) Ionization fronts of hot, massive O or B stars which produce a lot of UV radiation: Massive stars die young => O and B stars only exist near sites of recent star formation

Sources of Shock Waves Triggering Star Formation (3) Giant molecular clouds are very large and may occasionally collide with each other c) Collisions of giant molecular clouds.

Sources of Shock Waves Triggering Star Formation (4) d) Spiral arms in galaxies like our Milky Way: Spirals’ arms are probably rotating shock wave patterns.

Protostars 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.

Heating By Contraction As a protostar contracts, it heats up: Free-fall contraction → Heating

Protostellar Disks Conservation of angular momentum leads to the formation of protostellar disks birth place of planets and moons

From Protostars to Stars Star emerges from the enshrouding dust cocoon Ignition of H He fusion processes

Evidence of Star Formation Nebula around S Monocerotis: Contains many massive, very young stars, including T Tauri Stars: strongly variable; bright in the infrared.

Evidence of Star Formation (2) Smaller, sunlike stars, probably formed under the influence of the massive star Young, very massive star Optical Infrared The Cone Nebula

Evidence of Star Formation (3) Star Forming Region RCW 38

Globules Bok Globules: ~ 10 to 1000 solar masses; Contracting to form protostars

Globules (2) Evaporating Gaseous Globules (“EGGs”): Newly forming stars exposed by the ionizing radiation from nearby massive stars

Open Clusters of Stars Large masses of Giant Molecular Clouds => Stars do not form isolated, but in large groups, called Open Clusters of Stars. Open Cluster M7

Open Clusters of Stars (2) Large, dense cluster of (yellow and red) stars in the foreground; ~ 50 million years old Scattered individual (bright, white) stars in the background; only ~ 4 million years old

The Source of Stellar Energy Recall from our discussion of the sun: Stars produce energy by nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium. In the sun, this happens primarily through the proton-proton (PP) chain

The CNO Cycle The CNO Cycle. In stars slightly more massive than the sun, a more powerful energy generation mechanism than the PP chain takes over: The CNO Cycle.

Energy Transport Radiative energy transport Convection Energy generated in the star’s center must be transported to the surface. Inner layers: Radiative energy transport Outer layers (including photosphere): Convection Bubbles of hot gas rising up Cool gas sinking down Gas particles of solar interior g-rays

Stellar Structure Sun Flow of energy Energy transport via convection Energy transport via radiation Flow of energy Energy generation via nuclear fusion Basically the same structure for all stars with approx. 1 solar mass or less. Temperature, density and pressure decreasing

Hydrostatic Equilibrium Imagine a star’s interior composed of individual shells. Within each shell, two forces have to be in equilibrium with each other: Gravity, i.e. the weight from all layers above Outward pressure from the interior

Hydrostatic Equilibrium (2) Outward pressure force must exactly balance the weight of all layers above everywhere in the star. This condition uniquely determines the interior structure of the star. This is why we find stable stars on such a narrow strip (Main Sequence) in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.

H-R Diagram (showing Main Sequence)

Energy Transport Structure Inner convective, outer radiative zone Inner radiative, outer convective zone CNO cycle dominant PP chain dominant

Summary: Stellar Structure Convective Core, radiative envelope; Energy generation through CNO Cycle Sun Mass Radiative Core, convective envelope; Energy generation through PP Cycle

The Orion Nebula: An Active Star-Forming Region

In the Orion Nebula The Becklin-Neugebauer Object (BN): Hot star, just reaching the main sequence Kleinmann-Low nebula (KL): Cluster of cool, young protostars detectable only in the infrared B3 B1 B1 O6 Visual image of the Orion Nebula Protostars with protoplanetary disks