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用哈勃太空望远镜对年轻的大质量星团Westerlund 2进行时域研究。I

Time-domain study of the young massive cluster Westerlund 2 with the Hubble Space Telescope. I

E. Sabbi, M. Gennaro, J. Anderson, V. Bajaj, N. Bastian, J. S. Gallagher, III, M. Gieles, D. J. Lennon, A. Nota, K. C. Sahu, P. Zeidler

摘要:

主序前恒星的时域研究长期以来一直被用来研究恒星在早期演化阶段的性质,并追踪星周环境的演化。从历史上看,这些研究一直局限于最近的低密度恒星形成区。我们使用哈勃太空望远镜上的宽视场相机3,首次将主序前变异性的研究扩展到银河系中为数不多的年轻大质量星团之一,Westerlund 2。我们的分析表明,Westerlund 2中至少有1/3的中低质量前主序星是变星。根据它们的光变曲线特征,我们将约11%的变星分类为弱线T-Tauri候选星,约52%为经典T-Tauri候选星,约5%为勺星,约26%为爆发星。此外,我们发现2%的6 Mo以下的恒星(约6%的变星)是食双星,轨道周期短于80天。变星前主序星的空间分布表明,恒星反馈和大质量恒星的紫外辐射对星周盘和行星盘的演化起着重要的作用。

英文摘要:

Time-domain studies of pre-main sequence stars have long been used to investigate star properties during their early evolutionary phases and to trace the evolution of circumstellar environments. Historically these studies have been confined to the nearest, low-density, star forming regions. We used the Wide Field Camera 3 on board of the Hubble Space Telescope to extend, for the first time, the study of pre-main sequence variability to one of the few young massive clusters in the Milky Way, Westerlund 2. Our analysis reveals that at least 1/3 of the intermediate and low-mass pre-main sequence stars in Westerlund 2 are variable. Based on the characteristics of their light curves, we classified ~11% of the variable stars as weak-line T-Tauri candidates, ~ 52% as classical T-Tauri candidates, ~ 5% as dippers and ~26% as bursters. In addition, we found that 2% of the stars below 6Mo (~6% of the variables) are eclipsing binaries, with orbital periods shorter than 80 days. The spatial distribution of the different populations of variable pre-main sequence stars suggests that stellar feedback and UV-radiation from massive stars play an important role on the evolution of circumstellar and planetary disks.

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