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RCW49恒星恒星星族的X射线成像研究

An X-ray Imaging Study of the Stellar Population in RCW49

M. Tsujimoto, E. D. Feigelson, L. K. Townsley, P. S. Broos, K. V. Getman, J. Wang, G. P. Garmire, D. Baba, T. Nagayama, M. Tamura, E. B. Churchwell

摘要:

我们提出了一个高分辨率的X射线成像研究银河系大质量恒星形成区RCW 49和它的中央OB协会Westerlund 2的恒星星族的结果。我们使用钱德拉X射线天文台获得了17'x17'区域的40 ks X射线图像,使用红外测量设备获得了同心8 '3x 8'3区域的深NIR图像。我们探测到468个X射线源,并确定了其中379个的光学,近红外和斯皮策太空望远镜MIR对应物。X射线图像的空间分辨率和灵敏度前所未有,通过光学和红外成像数据增强,产生了以下结果:(1)中心OB协会Westerlund 2首次在X射线波段被解析。X射线发射是从这个区域的所有光谱鉴定的早期类型的恒星。(2)大多数(86%)具有光学或红外识别的X射线源是星系团成员,与银道面的控制场相比。(3)由金牛座T星的平均X射线光度导出了到RCW 49的距离的一个松散约束(2- 5 kpc)。(4)根据X射线和近红外测光结果,星团X射线星群由低质量前主序星和早型星组成。大约30个新的OB星候选人被确定。(5)根据X射线表面数密度分布,我们估计团簇半径为6 '-7'。(6)一个大的分数(90%)的集群成员单独确定使用互补X射线和MIR过量发射。(7)最亮的五个X射线源,两个沃尔夫-拉叶星和三个O星,具有硬热谱。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a high-resolution X-ray imaging study of the stellar population in the Galactic massive star-forming region RCW49 and its central OB association Westerlund 2. We obtained a 40 ks X-ray image of a 17'x17' field using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and deep NIR images using the Infrared Survey Facility in a concentric 8'3x8'3 region. We detected 468 X-ray sources and identified optical, NIR, and Spitzer Space Telescope MIR counterparts for 379 of them. The unprecedented spatial resolution and sensitivity of the X-ray image, enhanced by optical and infrared imaging data, yielded the following results: (1) The central OB association Westerlund 2 is resolved for the first time in the X-ray band. X-ray emission is detected from all spectroscopically-identified early-type stars in this region. (2) Most (86%) X-ray sources with optical or infrared identifications are cluster members in comparison with a control field in the Galactic Plane. (3) A loose constraint (2--5 kpc) for the distance to RCW49 is derived from the mean X-ray luminosity of T Tauri stars. (4) The cluster X-ray population consists of low-mass pre--main-sequence and early-type stars as obtained from X-ray and NIR photometry. About 30 new OB star candidates are identified. (5) We estimate a cluster radius of 6'--7' based on the X-ray surface number density profiles. (6) A large fraction (90%) of cluster members are identified individually using complimentary X-ray and MIR excess emission. (7) The brightest five X-ray sources, two Wolf-Rayet stars and three O stars, have hard thermal spectra.

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