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年轻银河系超星团NGC 3603中的渐进恒星形成

Progressive star formation in the young galactic super star cluster NGC 3603

Giacomo Beccari, Loredana Spezzi, Guido De Marchi, Francesco Paresce, Erick Young, Morten Andersen, Nino Panagia, Bruce Balick, Howard Bond, Daniela Calzetti, C… 展开作者

Giacomo Beccari, Loredana Spezzi, Guido De Marchi, Francesco Paresce, Erick Young, Morten Andersen, Nino Panagia, Bruce Balick, Howard Bond, Daniela Calzetti, C. Marcella Carollo, Michael J. Disney, Michael A. Dopita, Jay A. Frogel, Donald N. B. Hall, Jon A. Holtzman, Randy A. Kimble, Patrick J. McCarthy, Robert W. O'Connell, Abhijit Saha, Joseph I. Silk, John T. Trauger, Alistair R. Walker, Bradley C. Whitmore, Rogier A. Windhorst

摘要:

早期发布的科学观测星团NGC 3603与翻新的HST上的WFC 3使我们能够研究其最近的恒星形成历史。我们的分析集中在恒星与Halpha过量发射,一个强大的指标,他们的主序前(PMS)吸积状态。与理论PMS等时线的比较表明,2/3的具有H α过量发射的天体的年龄从1到1000万年,中值为300万年,而令人惊讶的是,其中1/3的年龄超过1000万年。这些PMS星的空间分布的研究,使我们能够确认他们的集群成员,并从统计上将它们从场星。这一结果首次明确地表明,星团内部和周围的恒星形成至少已经持续了1000 - 2000万年,而且速度明显加快。

英文摘要:

Early release science observations of the cluster NGC3603 with the WFC3 on the refurbished HST allow us to study its recent star formation history. Our analysis focuses on stars with Halpha excess emission, a robust indicator of their pre-main sequence (PMS) accreting status. The comparison with theoretical PMS isochrones shows that 2/3 of the objects with Halpha excess emission have ages from 1 to 10 Myr, with a median value of 3 Myr, while a surprising 1/3 of them are older than 10 Myr. The study of the spatial distribution of these PMS stars allows us to confirm their cluster membership and to statistically separate them from field stars. This result establishes unambiguously for the first time that star formation in and around the cluster has been ongoing for at least 10-20 Myr, at an apparently increasing rate.

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