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没有证据表明大规模年轻星系团中存在质量分离

No evidence for mass segregation in massive young clusters

J. Ascenso, J. Alves, M. T. V. T. Lago

摘要:

目标。我们调查的有效性,通常用于分析年轻的星团的质量分离指标。方法.我们通过构建一个1000个大质量星系团(10^4 Msun)的合成可见光限制图像来模拟观测,其中包含标准IMF和King密度分布函数。结果我们发现,常用的指标是高度敏感的样本不完整性的观测数据和径向完整性的测定不提供令人满意的校正,使研究的径向属性高度不确定。另一方面,我们发现,在一定的条件下,整体完整性可以准确地估计,允许校正的整体光度和质量函数的集群。结论.我们认为,目前还没有观测证据表明,在年轻的紧凑集群的质量分离,因为没有强大的方法来区分真正的质量分离和样本不完整性的影响。因此,在将观察结果解释为质量分离的证据时应谨慎。

英文摘要:

Aims. We investigate the validity of the mass segregation indicators commonly used in analysing young stellar clusters. Methods. We simulate observations by constructing synthetic seeing-limited images of a 1000 massive clusters (10^4 Msun) with a standard IMF and a King-density distribution function. Results. We find that commonly used indicators are highly sensitive to sample incompleteness in observational data and that radial completeness determinations do not provide satisfactory corrections, rendering the studies of radial properties highly uncertain. On the other hand, we find that, under certain conditions, the global completeness can be estimated accurately, allowing for the correction of the global luminosity and mass functions of the cluster. Conclusions. We argue that there is currently no observational evidence of mass segregation in young compact clusters since there is no robust way to differentiate between true mass segregation and sample incompleteness effects. Caution should then be exercised when interpreting results from observations as evidence of mass segregation.

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