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年轻OB缔合物的多波长研究

Multiwavelength Studies of Young OB Associations

Eric D. Feigelson

摘要:

我们讨论了如何当代多波长观测年轻的OB主导的集群解决长期存在的天体物理问题:集群形成迅速或缓慢的年龄蔓延?星系团何时扩张和分散而构成场星族?丰富的集群是由较小的子集群合并而成的吗?大质量恒星形成区(MSFR)中团簇形成的模式和持续时间是什么?最近的研究结合了X射线和红外线巡天,对MSFR中的年轻恒星进行了丰富的(尽管仍然不完整)普查,从而减轻了过去在获得良好的MSFR恒星普查方面的观测困难。我们在这里描述这些努力之一,MYStIX项目,产生了20个MSFR的31,784个可能成员的目录。我们发现星系团内部的年龄分布是真实的,因为核心中的恒星是在星系团晕之后形成的。集群扩张被认为是在合奏(子)集群,和老年人分散的人口被发现跨MSFR。子星系团合并的直接证据仍然不能令人信服。长寿命的异步恒星形成在MSFR中普遍存在。

英文摘要:

We discuss how contemporary multiwavelength observations of young OB-dominated clusters address long-standing astrophysical questions: Do clusters form rapidly or slowly with an age spread? When do clusters expand and disperse to constitute the field star population? Do rich clusters form by amalgamation of smaller subclusters? What is the pattern and duration of cluster formation in massive star forming regions (MSFRs)? Past observational difficulties in obtaining good stellar censuses of MSFRs have been alleviated in recent studies that combine X-ray and infrared surveys to obtain rich, though still incomplete, censuses of young stars in MSFRs. We describe here one of these efforts, the MYStIX project, that produced a catalog of 31,784 probable members of 20 MSFRs. We find that age spread within clusters are real in the sense that the stars in the core formed after the cluster halo. Cluster expansion is seen in the ensemble of (sub)clusters, and older dispersing populations are found across MSFRs. Direct evidence for subcluster merging is still unconvincing. Long-lived, asynchronous star formation is pervasive across MSFRs.

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