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毕宿星团中的褐矮星和极低质量恒星:一个动态演化的质量函数

Brown dwarfs and very low mass stars in the Hyades cluster : a dynamically evolved mass function

J. Bouvier, T. T. Kendall, G. Meeus, L. Testi, E. Moraux, J. R. Stauffer, D. James, J. -C. Cuillandre, J. Irwin, M. J. McCaughrean, I. Baraffe, E. Bertin

摘要:

我们在6.25亿年前的毕宿星团中进行了一次褐矮星(BD)和极低质量(VLM)恒星的搜索,以推导出该星团在恒星-亚恒星边界上的质量函数。我们进行了一个深(I=23,z=22.5)光度测量超过16平方度。在星系团中心周围,随后用K-波段测光测量候选成员的自行,以及可能的BD和VLM成员的光学和近红外光谱。我们报道了毕宿星团中第一批2颗褐矮星的发现。这两个天体的光谱类型都是早T型,它们的光学和近红外测光以及它们的自行与它们是星团成员是一致的。根据模型,它们的质量是50木星质量,年龄为625百万年。我们还报告了3个新的非常低质量的恒星成员的集群的发现,并确认了其他16个成员。我们结合这些结果与以前已知的集群成员的列表,建立现代的质量函数(PDMF)的毕宿星团从50木星质量到3 Mo。我们发现毕宿星团的PDMF在非常低质量的天体和褐矮星中是非常缺乏的,而年轻的疏散星团如昴星团的IMF则是如此。我们将这一缺陷解释为过去1亿年来动力学演化的结果,即,低质量的星系团成员由于弱引力相遇而优先蒸发。因此,我们估计毕宿星团目前拥有大约10-15颗褐矮星,而其初始的亚恒星数量可能高达150-200个成员。

英文摘要:

We conducted a search for brown dwarfs (BDs) and very low mass (VLM) stars in the 625 Myr-old Hyades cluster in order to derive the cluster's mass function across the stellar-substellar boundary. We performed a deep (I=23, z=22.5) photometric survey over 16 sq.deg. around the cluster center, followed up with K-band photometry to measure the proper motion of candidate members, and optical and near-IR spectroscopy of probable BD and VLM members. We report the discovery of the first 2 brown dwarfs in the Hyades cluster. The 2 objects have a spectral type early-T and their optical and near-IR photometry as well as their proper motion are consistent with them being cluster members. According to models, their mass is 50 Jupiter masses at an age of 625 Myr. We also report the discovery of 3 new very low mass stellar members of the cluster, and confirm the membership of 16 others. We combine these results with a list of previously known cluster members to build the present-day mass function (PDMF) of the Hyades cluster from 50 Jupiter masses to 3Mo. We find the Hyades PDMF to be strongly deficient in very low mass objects and brown dwarfs compared to the IMF of younger open clusters such as the Pleiades. We interpret this deficiency as the result of dynamical evolution over the past few 100 Myr, i.e., the preferential evaporation of low mass cluster members due to weak gravitational encounters. We thus estimate that the Hyades cluster currently hosts about 10-15 brown dwarfs, while its initial substellar population may have amounted up to 150-200 members.

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