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年轻大质量星系团

Young Massive Clusters

Donald F. Figer

摘要:

在过去的十年里,我们对银河系中巨大的年轻星团的理解发生了革命性的变化。最初,没有已知的例子具有质量$>10^4$,但我们现在知道,在银河系中至少有六个这样的星系团。除了一个例子外,所有的质量都是通过红外线观测确定的。有几个星系团在很久以前就被确认为星系团,但它们的巨大性质直到最近才被确定。据推测,我们只是触及了表面,我们可能期待在不久的将来,在恒星演化的所有重要阶段,获得具有统计意义的同时代大质量恒星样本。我回顾了导致这一戏剧性转折的努力,以及银河系中年轻大质量星团样本的不断增长。

英文摘要:

Over the past ten years, there has been a revolution in our understanding of massive young stellar clusters in the Galaxy. Initially, there were no known examples having masses $>10^4$, yet we now know that there are at least a half dozen such clusters in the Galaxy. In all but one case, the masses have been determined through infrared observations. Several had been identified as clusters long ago, but their massive natures were only recently determined. Presumably, we are just scratching the surface, and we might look forward to having statistically significant samples of coeval massive stars at all important stages of stellar evolution in the near future. I review the efforts that have led to this dramatic turn of events and the growing sample of young massive clusters in the Galaxy.

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