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在HESS J1813-178附近发现一个年轻的大质量星团

Discovery of a young massive stellar cluster near HESS J1813-178

Maria Messineo, Donald F. Figer, Ben Davies, R. Michael Rich, E. Valenti, R. P. Kudritzki

摘要:

我们提出了一个年轻的星团在银河系盘l= 12度的偶然发现。使用凯克/NIRSPEC,我们获得了星团中几颗恒星的高分辨率和低分辨率光谱,并确定了一颗红超巨星和两颗蓝超巨星。红超巨星的径向速度提供了4.7pm 0.4 kpc的运动学星团距离,这意味着恒星的光度与它们的光谱类型一致。加上距离星团中心2.4'的沃尔夫-拉叶星,红超巨星和蓝超巨星的存在表明星团的年龄为600 - 800万年,初始质量为2000 Msun。星团中的几颗恒星与X射线源重合,包括蓝超巨星和沃尔夫-拉叶星。这表明双星的比例很高,让人想起了巨大的年轻星团韦斯特隆德1。该星团与两颗超新星遗迹SNR G12.72-0.0和G12.82-0.02以及与TeV伽马射线源HESS J1813-178相关的高磁化脉冲星重合。光谱类型的混合表明,这些天体的祖先的初始质量为20 - 30 Msun。

英文摘要:

We present the serendipitous discovery of a young stellar cluster in the Galactic disk at l=12deg. Using Keck/NIRSPEC, we obtained high- and low-resolution spectroscopy of several stars in the cluster, and we identified one red supergiant and two blue supergiants. The radial velocity of the red supergiant provides a kinematic cluster distance of 4.7pm0.4 kpc, implying luminosities of the stars consistent with their spectral types. Together with the known Wolf-Rayet star located 2.4' from the cluster center, the presence of the red supergiant and the blue supergiants suggests a cluster age of 6-8 Myr, and an initial mass of 2000 Msun. Several stars in the cluster are coincident with X-ray sources, including the blue supergiants and the Wolf-Rayet star. This is indicative of a high binary fraction, and is reminiscent of the massive young cluster Westerlund 1. The cluster is coincident with two supernova remnants, SNR G12.72-0.0 and G12.82-0.02, and the highly magnetized pulsar associated with the TeV gamma-ray source HESS J1813-178. The mixture of spectral types suggests that the progenitors of these objects had initial masses of 20 - 30 Msun.

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