| 5 | | The amount of thermal radiation produced in the grid is a function of temperature. Since sinks are a subgrid model they themselves do not have temperature (we are not sure how big the forming star is, how fast it is growing by contraction, etc., so there isn't an easy way of assigning the sub-grid object a 'temperature'). Similarly, we do not keep track of the amount of energy that falls onto the sink particle. Again, this is because we have no way of tracking the infall all the way down to the stellar surface that lies within the sink particle. Thus, we are left to assume gas that is accreted by surrounding zones contribute to the accretion luminosity of the forming protostar, and thus we need a way to estimate this accretion luminosity. |
| | 5 | The amount of thermal radiation produced in the grid is a function of temperature. Since sinks are a subgrid model they themselves do not have temperature (we are not sure how big the forming star is, how fast it is growing by contraction, etc., so there isn't an easy way of assigning the sub-grid object a 'temperature'). Similarly, we do not keep track of the amount of energy that falls onto the sink particle. Thus, we are left to assume gas that is accreted by surrounding zones contribute to the accretion luminosity of the forming protostar, and thus we need a way to estimate this accretion luminosity. |
