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许多银河系年轻星团的星周盘寿命

Circumstellar Disk Lifetimes In Numerous Galactic Young Stellar Clusters

Alexander J. W. Richert, Konstantin V. Getman, Eric D. Feigelson, Michael A. Kuhn, Patrick S. Broos, Matthew S. Povich, Matthew R. Bate, Gordon P. Garmire

摘要:

对前主序星(PMS)周围的尘埃拱星盘的光度探测,加上对恒星年龄的估计,提供了对行星形成可用时间的限制。大多数以前关于盘寿命的研究,从Haisch,Lada & Lada(2001)开始,使用PMS星团的恒星样本,但没有考虑具有均匀光度灵敏度和/或年龄的数据集。在这里,我们使用MYStIX和SFiNCs项目的X射线和1- 8微米红外测光,对附近32个恒星形成区的69个年轻星团进行了迄今为止最大规模的内部尘埃盘寿命研究,年龄t<= 500万年。结合经验的PMS-JX方法和PMS演化模型,得出了星系团年龄,PMS演化模型以不同的方式处理发电机产生的磁场。利用X射线数据来识别无盘物体,我们对有盘和无盘的YSO施加类似的恒星质量灵敏度限制,同时将分析扩展到低至M~0.1 Mo的恒星质量。我们发现,磁盘寿命估计的强烈影响PMS进化模型的选择。假设零年龄时的磁盘部分为100%,则推断的磁盘半衰期发生显著变化,从非磁性PMS模型切换到磁性PMS模型时,从t1/2 ~ 1.3- 2 Myr变为t1/2 ~ 3.5 Myr。此外,我们没有发现统计学上显著的证据表明,对于质量<2 Mo的恒星,在生命的最初几个百万年内,盘分数随恒星质量而变化,但对于更大质量的恒星,我们的样本可能不完整。初始盘分数和恒星形成环境的影响也进行了探讨。

英文摘要:

Photometric detections of dust circumstellar disks around pre-main sequence (PMS) stars, coupled with estimates of stellar ages, provide constraints on the time available for planet formation. Most previous studies on disk longevity, starting with Haisch, Lada & Lada (2001), use star samples from PMS clusters but do not consider datasets with homogeneous photometric sensitivities and/or ages placed on a uniform timescale. Here we conduct the largest study to date of the longevity of inner dust disks using X-ray and 1--8 micrometre infrared photometry from the MYStIX and SFiNCs projects for 69 young clusters in 32 nearby star-forming regions with ages t<=5 Myr. Cluster ages are derived by combining the empirical AgeJX method with PMS evolutionary models, which treat dynamo-generated magnetic fields in different ways. Leveraging X-ray data to identify disk-free objects, we impose similar stellar mass sensitivity limits for disk-bearing and disk-free YSOs while extending the analysis to stellar masses as low as M~0.1 Mo. We find that the disk longevity estimates are strongly affected by the choice of PMS evolutionary model. Assuming a disk fraction of 100% at zero age, the inferred disk half-life changes significantly, from t1/2 ~ 1.3--2 Myr to t1/2 ~ 3.5 Myr when switching from non-magnetic to magnetic PMS models. In addition, we find no statistically significant evidence that disk fraction varies with stellar mass within the first few Myr of life for stars with masses <2 Mo, but our samples may not be complete for more massive stars. The effects of initial disk fraction and star-forming environment are also explored.

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