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神秘的高纬度恒星形成云CG 12的恒星群和起源

The Stellar Population And Origin Of The Mysterious High-Latitude Star Forming Cloud CG 12

Konstantin Getman, Eric Feigelson, Warrick Lawson, Patrick Broos, Gordon Garmire

摘要:

钱德拉X射线天文台上的ACIS探测器观测到了神秘的高银河纬度彗星状球状体CG 12。我们探测到128个X射线源,其中一半可能是在球状体头部形成的年轻恒星。这个新的超过50颗T-金牛星和一颗新嵌入的原恒星的数量远远大于先前报道的少数中等质量和两颗原恒星成员。大多数新发现的恒星质量为0.2 - 0.7Mo,9 - 15%的恒星具有来自内部原行星盘的K带超带。X射线特性提供了一个独立的距离估计,与CG 12在银河平面上方> 200 pc的不寻常位置相一致。CG12的恒星形成效率似乎为15 - 35%,远高于其他触发分子球。金牛座T星群的平均光度年龄约为400万年,其中大部分星群分布在1 - 2000万年之间,分子核心中的恒星正在形成。恒星的年龄和空间分布是不一致的一个简单的辐射驱动内爆(RDI)模型,并建议要么CG12是一个巨大的冲击球,或者它已经受到几个不同的事件的触发和消融。我们报告了一组先前未被注意的B型恒星,它们位于CG12西北部,可能是OB星协的残余物,该星协产生了多颗超新星爆炸,这些爆炸可能在1500 - 3000万年的时间内震动并烧蚀了星云。HD120958(B3e)是这一组中最明亮的成员,目前可能正在推动RDI冲击进入CG12云。

英文摘要:

The mysterious high galactic latitude cometary globule CG12 has been observed with the ACIS detector on board the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We detect 128 X-ray sources; half are likely young stars formed within the globule's head. This new population of >50 T-Tauri stars and one new embedded protostar is far larger than the previously reported few intermediate-mass and two protostellar members of the cloud. Most of the newly discovered stars have masses 0.2-0.7Mo, and 9-15% have K-band excesses from inner protoplanetary disks. X-ray properties provide an independent distance estimate consistent with CG12's unusual location >200pc above the Galactic plane. The star formation efficiency in CG12 appears to be 15-35%, far above that seen in other triggered molecular globules. The median photometric age found for the T-Tauri population is ~4Myr with a large spread of <1-20Myr and ongoing star formation in the molecular cores. The stellar age and spatial distributions are inconsistent with a simple radiation driven implosion (RDI) model, and suggest either that CG12 is an atypically large shocked globule, or it has been subject to several distinct episodes of triggering and ablation. We report a previously unnoticed group of B-type stars northwest of CG12 which may be the remnants of an OB association which produced multiple supernova explosions that could have shocked and ablated the cloud over a 15-30Myr period. HD120958 (B3e), the most luminous member of the group, may be currently driving an RDI shock into the CG12 cloud.

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