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恒星质量在昴星团中的分布

The Distribution of Stellar Mass in the Pleiades

Joseph M. Converse, Steven W. Stahler

摘要:

作为理解疏散星团起源的努力的一部分,我们对目前观测到的昴星团进行了统计分析。从星表的光度开始,我们采用极大似然技术来确定其成员的质量分布,包括单星和双星系统的两个组成部分。我们发现,未解决的对的整体二进制分数为68%。外推到包括解决系统,这一比例攀升到约76%,显着高于公认的场星结果。这两个数字对星团年龄都很敏感,我们使用了目前最受欢迎的1.25亿年的值。在双星系统中,一次和二次质量是相关的,在这个意义上,它们的比值比随机配对的假设更接近于1。我们绘制出集群的投影和三维质量和数量密度的空间变化。最后,我们重新讨论昂宿星的质量分离问题。我们发现明确的证据隔离,并介绍了一种新的方法来量化它。

英文摘要:

As part of an effort to understand the origin of open clusters, we present a statistical analysis of the currently observed Pleiades. Starting with a photometric catalog of the cluster, we employ a maximum likelihood technique to determine the mass distribution of its members, including single stars and both components of binary systems. We find that the overall binary fraction for unresolved pairs is 68%. Extrapolating to include resolved systems, this fraction climbs to about 76%, significantly higher than the accepted field-star result. Both figures are sensitive to the cluster age, for which we have used the currently favored value of 125 Myr. The primary and secondary masses within binaries are correlated, in the sense that their ratios are closer to unity than under the hypothesis of random pairing. We map out the spatial variation of the cluster's projected and three-dimensional mass and number densities. Finally, we revisit the issue of mass segregation in the Pleiades. We find unambiguous evidence of segregation, and introduce a new method for quantifying it.

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