from prestellar cores to protostars - The University of Arizona Press
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(a)<br />
(b)<br />
Figure 6. (a) Lbl<br />
o – Tbl<br />
o diagram for 14 well-documented YSOs along with three<br />
model evolutionary tracks for various (final) stellar masses and cloud temperatures<br />
(<strong>from</strong> Myers et al. 1998). Four times, t(Myr), since the start <strong>of</strong> infall are<br />
indicated, at log t 1. 5, 1. 0, 0. 5, and 0.0. (b) Menv– Lbol<br />
diagram for a<br />
sample <strong>of</strong> Class I (filled circles) and confirmed Class 0 sources ( open circles)<br />
mainly in Ophiuchus, Perseus, and Orion (adapted <strong>from</strong> Andre´<br />
and Montmerle<br />
1994 and Saraceno et al. 1996 a). Evolutionary tracks shown are computed assuming<br />
that proo t stars f.<br />
orm <strong>from</strong> bounded condensations <strong>of</strong> finite initial masses<br />
and have L GM M / R .<br />
L , where L is the PMS birthline luminosity<br />
(e.g., Stahler 1988). and / (where 10 yr) have been<br />
assumed t decline exp nentially with time (see B ntemps et al. 1996 ). Small<br />
arr ws are pl tted n the tracks every 10 yr, big arr ws when 50% and 90%<br />
<strong>of</strong> the initial condensation has been accreted. <strong>The</strong> dashed and dotted lines are<br />
tw – relati ns marking the c nceptual b rder z ne between the Class 0<br />
( M M ) and Class I ( M M ) stages; the dashed line has M L<br />
(cf. Andre et al. 1993; Andre and M ntmerle 1994), while the d tted line has<br />
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, as suggested by the accretion scenario adopted in the tracks.