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利用斯隆数字巡天对金牛座恒星形成区的新成员进行巡天

A Survey for New Members of the Taurus Star-Forming Region with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

K. L. Luhman, E. E. Mamajek, S. J. Shukla, N. P. Loutrel

摘要:

以前的研究发现,金牛座恒星形成区的恒星聚集体周围的~1 deg 2场相对于IC~348和猎户座星云星团等密度更大的星团表现出太阳质量恒星的过剩。为了测试这种差异是否反映了金牛座的质量分离或IMF的变化,我们在斯隆数字巡天(SDSS)拍摄的大视场(~40 deg 2)内对金牛座成员进行了调查。我们获得了候选成员的光学和近红外光谱,这些候选成员是通过这些图像和两微米全天巡天确定的,以及通过其他几种成员资格诊断选择的其他候选成员。我们已经将22个候选人归类为金牛座的新成员,其中包括已知最酷的成员之一(M9.75)。我们对SDSS领域内成员的最新普查显示,相对于星团,太阳质量的恒星过剩,尽管它不如以前在金牛座测量的质量函数中调查的恒星聚集体的较小领域那么明显。除了我们的新成员的光谱,我们还在研究中包括了大约一半的金牛座已知成员的近红外光谱,这些光谱用于改进它们的光谱类型和光谱。我们还提出了一套更新的近红外标准光谱的年轻恒星和棕矮星在M和L型分类。

英文摘要:

Previous studies have found that ~1 deg2 fields surrounding the stellar aggregates in the Taurus star-forming region exhibit a surplus of solar-mass stars relative to denser clusters like IC~348 and the Orion Nebula Cluster. To test whether this difference reflects mass segregation in Taurus or a variation in the IMF, we have performed a survey for members of Taurus across a large field (~40 deg2) that was imaged by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). We obtained optical and near-infrared spectra of candidate members identified with those images and the Two Micron All Sky Survey, as well as miscellaneous candidates that were selected with several other diagnostics of membership. We have classified 22 of the candidates as new members of Taurus, which includes one of the coolest known members (M9.75). Our updated census of members within the SDSS field shows a surplus of solar-mass stars relative to clusters, although it is less pronounced than in the smaller fields towards the stellar aggregates that were surveyed for previously measured mass functions in Taurus. In addition to spectra of our new members, we include in our study near-IR spectra of roughly half of the known members of Taurus, which are used to refine their spectral types and extinctions. We also present an updated set of near-IR standard spectra for classifying young stars and brown dwarfs at M and L types.

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