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天鹅座OB2的一颗超大质量逃逸星

A very massive runaway star from Cygnus OB2

F. Comeron, A. Pasquali

摘要:

目的:我们分析了恒星BD+43 3654的现有信息,以调查它可能起源于大规模OB协会天鹅座OB 2的可能性。研究方法:我们提出了新的光谱观测允许一个可靠的光谱分类的恒星,并讨论现有的MSX观测其相关的弓激波和天体测量信息以前没有研究。结果如下:我们的观测显示BD+43 3654是一颗非常早期的明亮恒星,光谱类型为O 4 If,估计质量为(70 +/- 15)太阳质量,年龄约为160万年。MSX观测的高空间分辨率使我们能够通过定义良好的弓形激波的对称轴来确定其在天空平面中的运动方向,该对称轴与自行预期的方向很好地匹配。追溯它在天空中的路径,我们发现BD+43 3654位于天鹅座OB 2的中央,密集区域附近,在过去的某个时间与它的估计年龄相似。结论:BD+43 3654是已知的三颗质量最大的逃逸恒星之一,它很可能形成于天鹅座OB 2的中心区域。一个失控的形成机制,通过动态喷射是一致的,我们的结果。

英文摘要:

Aims: We analyze the available information on the star BD+43 3654 to investigate the possibility that it may have had its origin in the massive OB association Cygnus OB2. Methods: We present new spectroscopic observations allowing a reliable spectral classification of the star, and discuss existing MSX observations of its associated bow shock and astrometric information not previously studied. Results: Our observations reveal that BD+43 3654 is a very early and luminous star of spectral type O4If, with an estimated mass of (70 +/- 15) solar masses and an age of about 1.6 Myr. The high spatial resolution of the MSX observations allows us to determine its direction of motion in the plane of the sky by means of the symmetry axis of the well-defined bow shock, which matches well the orientation expected from the proper motion. Tracing back its path across the sky we find that BD+43 3654 was located near the central, densest region of Cygnus OB2 at a time in the past similar to its estimated age. Conclusions: BD+43 3654 turns out to be one of the three most massive runaway stars known, and it most likely formed in the central region of Cygnus OB2. A runaway formation mechanism by means of dynamical ejection is consistent with our results.

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