AI 中文总结
该研究通过分析152个球状星团与17个年轻疏散星团,提出球状星团NGC~4372穿过银盘的过程可能触发拉德克利夫波,为该波的起源提供了候选解释。
AI 中文摘要
利用包含152个球状星团(GCs)的星表,构建它们的轨道以确定其与银面对称平面的交点;从拉德克利夫波特征的天区中选取年轻疏散星团(OSCs),相关数据来自Hunt和Reffert星表。研究发现一组共17个OSCs,平均年龄为32.7百万年,在坐标、速度和年龄空间中结构致密。该组星团为以下假说提供了有力候选:拉德克利夫波由一个撞击体穿过银面对称平面所产生,该撞击体即球状星团NGC~4372。NGC~4372最后一次穿过银面是在55.5百万年前,22.2百万年后该位置发生了恒星形成爆发,形成了一整群疏散星团,且可能形成了整个拉德克利夫波。
英文摘要
Using a catalog of 152 globular clusters (GCs), their orbits were constructed to determine their intersections with the Galaxy's plane of symmetry. Young open star clusters (OSCs) were selected from the selection zone characteristic of the Radcliffe wave. The Hunt and Reffert catalog served as the source of data on these OSCs. A grouping of 17 OSCs with an average age of 32.7 million years was found. It is compact in coordinate, velocity, and age space. This grouping is shown to be a good candidate for the hypothesis that the Radcliffe wave is generated by the passage of an impactor through the Galaxy's plane of symmetry, with the impactor being the GC NGC~4372. The last time it crossed the galactic plane was 55.5 million years ago, and 22.2 million years later, a burst of star formation occurred at this location, forming a whole group of open-clustered stars, and possibly the Radcliffe wave as a whole.
Comments10 pages, 5 figures. Submitted to Astrophysical Bulletin