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M51与LEGUS的年轻星团星族:I.团簇形成与演化的综合研究

The Young Star Cluster population of M51 with LEGUS: I. A comprehensive study of cluster formation and evolution

M. Messa, A. Adamo, G. Östlin, D. Calzetti, K. Grasha, E. K. Grebel, F. Shabani, R. Chandar, D. A. Dale, C. L. Dobbs, B. G. Elmegreen, M. Fumagalli, D. A. Gouli… 展开作者

M. Messa, A. Adamo, G. Östlin, D. Calzetti, K. Grasha, E. K. Grebel, F. Shabani, R. Chandar, D. A. Dale, C. L. Dobbs, B. G. Elmegreen, M. Fumagalli, D. A. Gouliermis, H. Kim, L. J. Smith, D. A. Thilker, M. Tosi, L. Ubeda, R. Walterbos, B. C. Whitmore, K. Fedorenko, S. Mahadevan, J. E. Andrews, S. N. Bright, D. O. Cook, L. Kahre, P. Nair, A. Pellerin, J. Ryon, S. D. Ahmad, L. P. Beale, K. Brown, D. A. Clarkson, G. C. Guidarelli, R. Parziale, J. Turner, M. Weber

摘要:

最近获得的WFC 3紫外(F275 W和F336 W)的图像马赛克下的遗产河外紫外巡天(LEGUS)结合档案ACS数据的M51被用来研究这个相互作用的系统的年轻星团(YSC)人口。我们新提取的源目录包含2834集群候选人,形态分类紧凑,颜色均匀,年龄,质量和灭绝的派生。在这第一项工作中,我们研究了整个星系的YSC人口的主要属性,考虑质量有限的样本。光度和质量函数都遵循斜率为-2的幂律形状,但在高光度和高质量下,观察到缺乏源。质量函数的分析表明,它是最好的拟合Schechter函数与斜率-2和截断质量在$1.00\pm0.12\times10^5\ M_\odot$。通过蒙特卡罗模拟,我们证实了这一结果,并链接的光度函数的形状存在的截断的质量函数。一个质量有限的年龄函数分析,在10和200万年之间,表明集群人口正在经历只有适度的破坏。在这个年龄范围内,我们观察到质量函数的形状在质量高于$1\times10^4\ M_\odot$时变化不大。在1千万年到1亿年的年龄范围内,M51中以束缚星团形式形成的恒星比例为$\sim20\%$,在1百万年到2亿年的整个年龄范围内几乎没有变化。

英文摘要:

Recently acquired WFC3 UV (F275W and F336W) imaging mosaics under the Legacy Extragalactic UV Survey (LEGUS) combined with archival ACS data of M51 are used to study the young star cluster (YSC) population of this interacting system. Our newly extracted source catalogue contains 2834 cluster candidates, morphologically classified to be compact and uniform in colour, for which ages, masses and extinction are derived. In this first work we study the main properties of the YSC population of the whole galaxy, considering a mass-limited sample. Both luminosity and mass functions follow a power law shape with slope -2, but at high luminosities and masses a dearth of sources is observed. The analysis of the mass function suggests that it is best fitted by a Schechter function with slope -2 and a truncation mass at $1.00\pm0.12\times10^5\ M_\odot$. Through Monte Carlo simulations we confirm this result and link the shape of the luminosity function to the presence of a truncation in the mass function. A mass limited age function analysis, between 10 and 200 Myr, suggests that the cluster population is undergoing only moderate disruption. We observe little variation in the shape of the mass function at masses above $1\times10^4\ M_\odot$, over this age range. The fraction of star formation happening in the form of bound clusters in M51 is $\sim20\%$ in the age range 10 to 100 Myr and little variation is observed over the whole range from 1 to 200 Myr.

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