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9个年轻大麦云星团的CCD光度和质量函数研究

CCD photometric and mass function study of 9 young Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters

B. Kumar, R. Sagar, J. Melnick

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摘要：

利用CCD对NGC 1767、NGC 1994、NGC 2002、NGC 2003、NGC 2006、SL 538、NGC 2011、NGC 2098和NGC 2136等9个年轻大麦云星云星团的光度和质量函数进行了研究。在亚弧秒视宁度条件下，从3.5米NTT/EFOSC 2上采集了低至V ~ 21等的BVRI数据。首次给出了NGC 1767、NGC 1994、NGC 2002、NGC 2003、NGC 2011和NGC 2136的宽波段测光CCD数据。9个星团中有7个星团的年龄在1600万年到2500万年之间，而剩下的两个星团的年龄分别为$32\pm4$ Myr（NGC 2098）和$90\pm10$ Myr（NGC 2136）。对于7个年轻的集群，年龄估计的基础上，最近的模型和综合光谱被发现是系统性的较低（$\sim$ 10百万年），从目前的估计。在$\sim 2 - 12$ $M_{\odot}$的质量范围内，发现9个簇中的8个簇的MF斜率与$γ$的值相似，范围从$-1.90\pm0.16$到$-2.28\pm0.21$。对于NGC 1767来说，它与$γ= -1.23\pm0.27$相比更平坦。在NGC 2002、NGC 2006、NGC 2136和NGC 2098中观察到质量分离效应。这与Kontizas等人对NGC 2098的发现一致。这些星团中存在的质量分离可能是恒星形成过程的印记，因为它们的年龄明显小于它们的动力学演化时间。平均MF斜率的$γ= -2.22\pm0.16$导出的样本的25个年轻的（$\le 100$百万年）动态未演化的LMC恒星系统提供支持的普遍性的IMF在中等质量范围$\sim 2-12 M_{\odot}$。

英文摘要：

We present CCD photometric and mass function study of 9 young Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters namely NGC 1767, NGC 1994, NGC 2002, NGC 2003, NGC 2006, SL 538, NGC 2011, NGC 2098 and NGC 2136. The BVRI data reaching down to V ~ 21 mag, are collected from 3.5-meter NTT/EFOSC2 in sub-arcsec seeing conditions. For NGC 1767, NGC 1994, NGC 2002, NGC 2003, NGC 2011 and NGC 2136, broad band photometric CCD data are presented for the first time. Seven of the 9 clusters have ages between 16 to 25 Myr while remaining two clusters have ages $32\pm4$ Myr (NGC 2098) and $90\pm10$ Myr (NGC 2136). For 7 younger clusters, the age estimates based on a recent model and the integrated spectra are found to be systematically lower ($\sim$ 10 Myr) from the present estimate. In the mass range of $\sim 2 - 12$ $M_{\odot}$, the MF slopes for 8 out of nine clusters were found to be similar with the value of $γ$ ranging from $-1.90\pm0.16$ to $-2.28\pm0.21$. For NGC 1767 it is flatter with $γ= -1.23\pm0.27$. Mass segregation effects are observed for NGC 2002, NGC 2006, NGC 2136 and NGC 2098. This is consistent with the findings of Kontizas et al. for NGC 2098. Presence of mass segregation in these clusters could be an imprint of star formation process as their ages are significantly smaller than their dynamical evolution time. Mean MF slope of $γ= -2.22\pm0.16$ derived for a sample of 25 young ($\le 100$ Myr) dynamically unevolved LMC stellar systems provide support for the universality of IMF in the intermediate mass range $\sim 2-12 M_{\odot}$.

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