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IC 4662大质量星团的形成和演化

The Formation and Evolution of Massive Stellar Clusters in IC 4662

A. M. Gilbert, W. D. Vacca

摘要:

我们提出了一个多波长的研究大规模的星团的形成,他们的出现从茧的气体和尘埃,以及他们对周围的物质的反馈。使用从无线电到光波长的数据,包括斯皮策和哈勃ACS观测,我们研究了不规则沃尔夫-拉叶星系IC 4662中心星爆区域的年轻星团人口。我们对嵌入式集群的无线电到红外光谱能量分布进行建模,以确定其HII区域和尘埃茧的属性(大小,质量,密度,温度),并使用近红外和光学数据与中红外光谱来约束嵌入式集群本身的属性(质量,年龄,消光,激发,丰度)。IC 4662中的两个大质量恒星形成区是由年龄约为400万年、质量约为3 x 10^5太阳质量的恒星星族激发的(假设是Kroupa IMF)。它们具有高的激发和太阳下的丰度,它们实际上可能由几个大质量的星团组成,而不是被称为超级星团(SSC)的单个大质量紧凑物体。中红外光谱表明,这些星团具有很高的消光比,A_V ~ 20-25等,IC 4662中的尘埃与发射气体混合良好,而不是在前景屏上。

英文摘要:

We present a multiwavelength study of the formation of massive stellar clusters, their emergence from cocoons of gas and dust, and their feedback on surrounding matter. Using data that span from radio to optical wavelengths, including Spitzer and Hubble ACS observations, we examine the population of young star clusters in the central starburst region of the irregular Wolf-Rayet galaxy IC 4662. We model the radio-to-IR spectral energy distributions of embedded clusters to determine the properties of their HII regions and dust cocoons (sizes, masses, densities, temperatures), and use near-IR and optical data with mid-IR spectroscopy to constrain the properties of the embedded clusters themselves (mass, age, extinction, excitation, abundance). The two massive star-formation regions in IC 4662 are excited by stellar populations with ages of ~ 4 million years and masses of ~ 3 x 10^5 M_sun (assuming a Kroupa IMF). They have high excitation and sub-solar abundances, and they may actually be comprised of several massive clusters rather than the single monolithic massive compact objects known as Super Star Clusters (SSCs). Mid-IR spectra reveal that these clusters have very high extinctions, A_V ~ 20-25 mag, and that the dust in IC 4662 is well-mixed with the emitting gas, not in a foreground screen.

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