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大质量恒星通过强烈的辐射、星风以及最终的超新星爆炸，深刻改变着星际介质的物理和化学性质，进而推动星系结构形成及演化。研究气体如何从大尺度逐步输运到小尺度并形成围绕大质量原恒星的吸积盘，是目前大质量恒星形成研究的核心课题。

质量大于八倍太阳质量的大质量恒星在宇宙演化过程中具有决定性作用。它们通过强烈的辐射、星风以及最终的超新星爆炸，深刻改变着星际介质的物理和化学性质，进而推动星系结构形成及演化。然而，与小质量恒星“单体塌缩”的形成路径不同，大质量恒星往往形成于大尺度、复 ...

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