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小麦哲伦星云中星团和场星的年龄分布--对恒星形成历史的启示

The Age Distributions of Clusters and Field Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud -- Implications for Star Formation Histories

J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Henny J. G. L. M. Lamers

摘要:

星团和场星的恒星形成历史(SFHS)之间的差异似乎表明这两个不同的恒星形成过程。小麦哲伦星云(SMC)就是观测到这种差异的星系的一个例子。我们使用一个新的人口合成代码,空间,其中包括恒星演化,婴儿死亡率和集群溶解的SMC集群和场星的观测年龄分布模型。我们发现观察到的两种年龄分布可以用单个SFH来解释,从而消除了假设恒星形成的两种独立机制的需要。

英文摘要:

Differences between the inferred star formation histories (SFHs) of star clusters and field stars seem to suggest distinct star formation processes for the two. The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an example of a galaxy where such a discrepancy is observed. We model the observed age distributions of the SMC clusters and field stars using a new population synthesis code, SPACE, that includes stellar evolution, infant mortality and cluster dissolution. We find that the two observed age distributions can be explained by a single SFH, thus eliminating the need to assume two separate mechanisms for star formation.

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