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@ARTICLE{Pfalzner:902546,
author = {Pfalzner, Susanne and Paterson, Dylan and Bannister,
Michele T. and Zwart, Simon Portegies},
title = {{I}nterstellar {O}bjects {F}ollow the {C}ollapse of
{M}olecular {C}louds},
journal = {The astrophysical journal / 1},
volume = {921},
number = {2},
issn = {0004-637X},
address = {London},
publisher = {Institute of Physics Publ.},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-04348},
pages = {168 -},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Interstellar objects (ISOs), the parent population of
1i/'Oumuamua and 2i/Borisov, are abundant in the
interstellar medium of the Milky Way. This means that the
interstellar medium, including molecular-cloud regions, has
three components: gas, dust, and ISOs. From observational
constraints of the field density of ISOs drifting in the
solar neighborhood, we infer that a typical molecular cloud
of 10 pc diameter contains some 1018 ISOs. At typical sizes
ranging from hundreds of meters to tens of kilometers, ISOs
are entirely decoupled from the gas dynamics in these
molecular clouds. Here we address the question of whether
ISOs can follow the collapse of molecular clouds. We perform
low-resolution simulations of the collapse of molecular
clouds containing initially static ISO populations toward
the point where stars form. In this proof-of-principle
study, we find that the interstellar objects definitely
follow the collapse of the gas—and many become bound to
the new-forming numerical approximations to future stars
(sinks). At minimum, $40\%$ of all sinks have one or more
ISO test particles gravitationally bound to them for the
initial ISO distributions tested here. This value
corresponds to at least 1010 actual ISOs being bound after
three initial freefall times. Thus, ISOs are a relevant
component of star formation. We find that more massive sinks
bind disproportionately large fractions of the initial ISO
population, implying competitive capture of ISOs. Sinks can
also be solitary, as their ISOs can become unbound
again—particularly if sinks are ejected from the system.
Emerging planetary systems will thus develop in remarkably
varied environments, ranging from solitary to richly
populated with bound ISOs.},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {520},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {5111 - Domain-Specific Simulation $\&$ Data Life Cycle Labs
(SDLs) and Research Groups (POF4-511)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5111},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000717791300001},
doi = {10.3847/1538-4357/ac0c10},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/902546},
}