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未被探测到的双星导致在上天蝎座观测到的质量依赖年龄梯度

Undetected Binary Stars Cause an Observed Mass Dependent Age Gradient in Upper Scorpius

Kendall Sullivan, Adam Kraus

摘要:

年轻的星协是研究恒星形成的一个关键点,但是为了准确地将观测结果与恒星演化模型进行比较,必须确定星协的年龄。上天蝎座区域是天蝎座-半人马座OB星协中最年轻的部分,它是附近最大的年轻低质量恒星的集合。上天蝎座的真实年龄尚不清楚,在上天蝎座和其他恒星形成区观察到的质量依赖的年龄梯度使年龄测量变得复杂。年龄梯度可能表明一个真正的天体物理学特征,也可能是恒星年龄测量中未被识别的系统效应的人工产物。我们已经进行了一个合成的红色光学低分辨率光谱调查的模拟模拟天蝎座上恒星形成区的影响,未解决的双星(具有质量依赖的人口统计)的年龄测量的恒星星族。我们发现,在上天蝎座观测到的质量依赖的年龄梯度可以解释为人口的未检测到的双星。对于一个年龄为1000万年(RMS = 2)的模拟人口,我们测量的年龄为10.5(RMS = 3.5)百万年的F星,和7.5(RMS = 5.8)百万年的M星。这种差异是由质量相关的质量比分布和质量-光度关系的可变陡度引起的。我们的研究结果支持先前提出的上天蝎座10万年的年龄,与一个小的内在年龄分布。

英文摘要:

Young stellar associations represent a key site for the study of star formation, but to accurately compare observations to models of stellar evolution, the age of an association must be determined. The Upper Scorpius region is the youngest section of the Scorpius-Centaurus OB association, which is the largest collection of nearby, young, low-mass stars. The true age of Upper Scorpius is not clear, and an observed mass-dependent age gradient in Upper Scorpius, as well as in other star-forming regions, complicates age measurements. The age gradient may indicate a genuine astrophysical feature or may be an artifact of unrecognized systematic effects in stellar age measurements. We have conducted a synthetic red-optical low-resolution spectroscopic survey of a simulated analog to the Upper Scorpius star-forming region to investigate the effects of unresolved binary stars (which have mass-dependent demographics) on age measurements of a stellar population. We find that the observed mass-dependent age gradient in Upper Scorpius can be explained by a population of undetected binary stars. For a simulated population with an age of 10 (RMS = 2) Myr, we measure an age of 10.5 (RMS = 3.5) Myr for F stars, and 7.5 (RMS = 5.8) Myr for M stars. This discrepancy is caused by the mass-dependent mass ratio distribution and the variable steepness of the mass-luminosity relation. Our results support the previously suggested 10 Myr age for Upper Scorpius, with a small intrinsic age spread.

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