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主序星前质量吸积速率的光度测定。IV。NGC 602中最近的恒星形成

Photometric determination of the mass accretion rate of pre-main sequence stars. IV. Recent star formation in NGC 602

Guido De Marchi, Giacomo Beccari, Nino Panagia

摘要:

我们研究了NGC 602中的年轻恒星星族,在小麦哲伦星云,使用一种新的方法,我们已经开发出结合哈勃空间望远镜测光在V,I,和H α波段。我们已经确定了大约300个前主序星(PMS),所有这些仍然在进行积极的质量吸积,并确定了他们的物理参数(有效温度,光度,年龄,质量和质量吸积率)。我们的分析表明,在过去的6000万年里,恒星形成一直存在于这个领域。此外,我们还可以识别出至少两个清晰、独特和突出的近期事件:一个大约在200万年前,但仍在高星云度的区域进行,另一个(或更多)超过3000万年,包括分散在视野中的两颗恒星和两个位于NGC 602中心以北约100弧秒的较小星团。年轻和年长的PMS恒星的相对位置并不意味着一个世代对另一个世代的因果影响或触发。这两个事件的强度似乎相当,但发生在3000万年前的事件可能比当前的事件更强。我们研究了质量吸积率M_acc随恒星参数的演化,发现log M_acc ~-0.6logt + logm + c,其中t是恒星的年龄,m是质量,c是金属丰度的递减函数。

英文摘要:

We have studied the young stellar populations in NGC 602, in the Small Magellanic Cloud, using a novel method that we have developed to combine Hubble Space Telescope photometry in the V, I, and Halpha bands. We have identified about 300 pre-main sequence (PMS) stars, all of which are still undergoing active mass accretion, and have determined their physical parameters (effective temperature, luminosity, age, mass and mass accretion rate). Our analysis shows that star formation has been present in this field over the last 60 Myr. In addition, we can recognise at least two clear, distinct, and prominent episodes in the recent past: one about 2 Myr ago, but still ongoing in regions of higher nebulosity, and one (or more) older than 30 Myr, encompassing both stars dispersed in the field and two smaller clusters located about 100 arcsec north of the centre of NGC 602. The relative locations of younger and older PMS stars do not imply a causal effect or triggering of one generation on the other. The strength of the two episodes appears to be comparable, but the episode occurring more than 30 Myr ago might have been even stronger than the current one. We have investigated the evolution of the mass accretion rate M_acc as a function of the stellar parameters finding that log M_acc ~ -0.6 log t + log m + c, where t is the age of the star, m its mass and c is a decreasing function of the metallicity.

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