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Chandra和Spitzer对反射星云NGC 7129中年轻星团的普查

A Chandra and Spitzer census of the young star cluster in the reflection nebula NGC 7129

B. Stelzer, A. Scholz

摘要:

反射星云NGC 7129长期以来一直被认为是最近恒星形成的地点,例如,由深埋的原恒星和HH天体的存在所决定。然而,对恒星形成过程中产生的恒星星族的研究仍处于初级阶段。据推测,NGC 7129的年龄约为300万年,处于年轻恒星周围的圆盘消失的临界范围。我们利用Chandra X射线和Spitzer以及2 MASS红外成像观测来识别NGC 7129中的前主序星。我们定义了一个样本的年轻恒星对象的基础上组成的红外测光1.6和8亩,从2 MASS和斯皮策的颜色-颜色图,并根据X射线探测源从钱德拉观测。该样本由26名II类和25名III类候选人组成。样本估计完整到约0.5太阳质量。主序前星的子样本是由星团核心的低吸收(A_V < 5等)星组成的。该样品由7个II类源和14个III类源组成,其盘状部分为33^{+24}-19} %,X射线平均亮度log(L_x)[erg/s] = 30.3。尽管与样品选择、吸收、质量分布、距离以及因此的盘分数和X射线光度的计算有关的各种不确定性,但数据产生一致的结果。特别是,我们确认的年龄~3百万年的NGC 7129集群。派生的磁盘部分类似于猎户座σ,小于Cha I(~ 200万年),大于上Sco(500万年)。X射线光度函数与NGC 2264(200万年)相似,但比猎户座星云团(100万年)更暗。

英文摘要:

The reflection nebula NGC 7129 has long been known to be a site of recent star formation as evidenced, e.g., by the presence of deeply embedded protostars and HH objects. However, studies of the stellar population produced in the star formation process have remained rudimentary. At a presumed age of ~3 Myr, NGC7129 is in the critical range where disks around young stars disappear. We make use of Chandra X-ray and Spitzer and 2MASS IR imaging observations to identify the pre-main sequence stars in NGC7129. We define a sample of Young Stellar Objects based on color-color diagrams composed from IR photometry between 1.6 and 8 mu, from 2MASS and Spitzer, and based on X-ray detected sources from a Chandra observation. This sample is composed of 26 Class II and 25 Class III candidates. The sample is estimated to be complete down to ~ 0.5 solar masses. The most restricted and least biased sub-sample of pre-main sequence stars is composed of lightly absorbed (A_V < 5 mag) stars in the cluster core. This sample comprises 7 Class II and 14 Class III sources, it has a disk fraction of 33^{+24}_{-19} %, and a median X-ray luminosity of log (L_x) [erg/s] = 30.3. Despite the various uncertainties related to the sample selection, absorption, mass distribution, distance and, consequently, the computation of disk fraction and X-ray luminosities, the data yield consistent results. In particular, we confirm the age of ~3 Myr for the NGC7129 cluster. The derived disk fraction is similar to that of sigma Orionis, smaller than that of Cha I (~2 Myr), and larger than that of Upper Sco (5 Myr). The X-ray luminosity function is similar to that of NGC 2264 (2 Myr) but fainter than that of the Orion Nebula Cluster (1 Myr).

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