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RMS巡天:大质量年轻恒星样本的分布和性质

The RMS Survey: Distribution and properties of a sample of massive young stars

J. S. Urquhart, T. J. T. Moore, M. G. Hoare, S. L. Lumsden, R. D. Oudmaijer, J. M. Rathborne, J. C. Mottram, B. Davies, J. J. Stead

摘要:

红色MSX源(RMS)巡天从~2000 MSX和2 MASS色选源的样本中识别出大量的大质量年轻恒星天体(MYSO)和超紧凑(UC)HII区域。使用最近的分子云目录来自波士顿大学五学院射电天文台银河系环调查(GRS),并通过应用银河scaleheight截止值为120 pc,我们解决了距离模糊RMS源位于18 \degr < |l| >54 \degr。这两个步骤产生的运动学距离291个源的可能326个位于GRS经度范围内。结合距离和来自光谱能量分布的积分通量,我们估计了这些源的光度,发现&gt; 90%表明存在大质量恒星。我们发现我们的样本的完整性极限是~10^4 Lsun,这对应于质量为~12 Msun的零年龄主序星(ZAMS)。仅选择这些来源,我们构建了一个完整的样本196个来源。将年轻大质量恒星样本的性质与一般恒星样本的性质进行比较,我们发现RMS云一般更大、质量更大、更动荡。我们检查这个子样本的分布相对于旋臂和银河酒吧的位置,并发现它们是空间相关的。我们确定了三个显着的峰值源面密度在银河中心半径约4,6和8千秒差距,这对应于盾,人马座和英仙座螺旋臂,分别建议的位置。对观测数据拟合出的刻度高度平均值为29 ± 0.5pc,与文献报道的值吻合较好,但我们注意到刻度高度与银河系中心半径的相关性,在2.5 ~ 8.5kpc范围内,刻度高度从30 pc增加到45 pc。

英文摘要:

The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey has identified a large sample of massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) and ultra compact (UC) HII regions from a sample of ~2000 MSX and 2MASS colour selected sources. Using a recent catalogue of molecular clouds derived from the Boston University-Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory Galactic Ring Survey (GRS), and by applying a Galactic scaleheight cut off of 120 pc, we solve the distance ambiguity for RMS sources located within 18\degr < |l| > 54\degr. These two steps yield kinematic distances to 291 sources out of a possible 326 located within the GRS longitude range. Combining distances and integrated fluxes derived from spectral energy distributions, we estimate luminosities to these sources and find that > 90% are indicative of the presence of a massive star. We find the completeness limit of our sample is ~10^4 Lsun, which corresponds to a zero age main sequence (ZAMS) star with a mass of ~12 Msun. Selecting only these sources, we construct a complete sample of 196 sources. Comparing the properties of the sample of young massive stars with the general population, we find the RMS-clouds are generally larger, more massive, and more turbulent. We examine the distribution of this sub-sample with respect to the location of the spiral arms and the Galactic bar and find them to be spatially correlated. We identify three significant peaks in the source surface density at Galactocentric radii of approximately 4, 6 and 8 kpc, which correspond to the proposed positions of the Scutum, Sagittarius and Perseus spiral arms, respectively. Fitting a scale height to the data we obtain an average value of ~29+-0.5 pc, which agrees well with other reported values in the literature, however, we note a dependence of the scale height on galactocentric radius with it increases from 30 pc to 45 pc between 2.5 and 8.5 kpc.

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