Confined chaotic motion in three-body resonances: trapping of trans-Neptunian material induced by gas-drag     

R. de la Fuente Marcos  C. de la Fuente Marcos 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2008,388(1):293-306

Jiang & Yeh proposed gas-drag-induced resonant capture as a mechanism able to explain the dominant 3:2 resonance observed in the trans-Neptunian belt. Using a model of a disc–star–planet system they concluded that gaseous drag in a protoplanetary disc can trap trans-Neptunian object (TNO) embryos into the 3:2 resonance rather easily although it could not trap objects into the 2:1 resonance. Here we further investigate this scenario using numerical simulations within the context of the planar restricted four-body problem by including both present-day Uranus and Neptune. Our results show that mean motion and corotation resonances are possible and trapping into both the 3:2 and 2:1 resonances as well as other resonances is observed. The associated corotation centres may easily form larger planetesimals from smaller ones. Corotation resonances evolve into pure Lindblad resonances in a time-scale of 0.5 Myr. The non-linear corotation and mean motion resonances produced are very size selective. The 3:2 resonance is dominant for submetric particles but for larger particles the 2:1 resonance is stronger. In summary, our calculations show that confined chaotic motion around the resonances not only increases trapping efficiency but also the orbital eccentricities of the trapped material, modifying the relative abundance of trapped particles in different resonances. If we assume a more compact planetary system, instead of using the present-day values of the orbital elements of Uranus and Neptune, our results remain largely unchanged.  相似文献   

Simulated X-ray emission from a single-explosion model for a supernova remnant 3C 400.2     

E. Matias Schneiter  Eduardo de la Fuente  Pablo F. Velázquez 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2006,371(1):369-374

We present a single-explosion model study of the 3C 400.2 supernova remnant (SNR), made with two-dimensional axisymmetric simulations. The numerical simulations were made with the adaptive grid code yguazú-a . Several initial scenarios have been tested in order to reproduce the centrally peaked X-ray emission observed for this remnant. This study reveals that the explosion of the SN inside a pre-existing stellar wind bubble successfully generates the observed morphology, when thermal conduction is included in the model. The best morphological fit is obtained at an evolution time of 21 000 yr, when the total luminosity is  1.2 × 10³⁴ erg s⁻¹  .  相似文献   

Gravitational interactions between globular and open clusters: an introduction     

R. de la Fuente Marcos  C. de la Fuente Marcos  D. Reilly 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2014,349(1):379-400

Historically, it has been assumed that globular and open clusters never interact. However, recent evidence suggests that: globular clusters passing through the disk may be able to perturb giant molecular clouds (GMCs) triggering formation of open clusters and some old open clusters may be linked to accreted globulars. Here, we further explore the existence of possible dynamical connections between globular and open clusters, and realize that the most obvious link must be in the form of gravitational interactions. If open clusters are born out of GMCs, they have to move in similar orbits. If we accept that globulars can interact with GMCs, triggering star formation, it follows that globular and open clusters must also interact. Consistently, theoretical arguments as well as observational evidence, show that globular and open clusters certainly are interacting populations and their interactions are far more common than usually thought, especially for objects part of the bulge/disk. Monte Carlo calculations confirm that conclusion. Globular clusters seem capable of not only inducing formation of open clusters but, more often, their demise. Relatively frequent high speed cluster encounters or cluster harassment may also cause, on the long-term, slow erosion and tidal truncation on the globulars involved. The disputed object FSR 1767 (2MASS-GC04) may be, statistically speaking, the best example of an ongoing interaction.  相似文献