Mass segregation in young Large Magellanic Cloud clusters. I - NGC 2157

Details Mass segregation in young Large Magellanic Cloud clusters. I - NGC 2157 Mass segregation in young Large Magellanic Cloud clusters. I - NGC 2157

Feb 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aj....115..592f&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal, vol. 115, p. 592

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

65

Magellanic Clouds, Galactic Clusters, Globular Clusters, Astronomical Photometry, Star Formation, Color-Magnitude Diagram, Charge Coupled Devices

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We have carried out Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 V- and I-band imaging of the young LMC cluster NGC 2157. Construction of a color-magnitude diagram and isochrone fitting yield an age of = 10 exp 8 yr, a reddening E(B - V) = 0.1, and a distance modulus of 18.4 mag. Our data cover the mass range 0.75-5.1 M(solar). We find that the cluster mass function changes significantly from the inner regions to the outer regions, becoming steeper at larger radii. The age of NGC 2157 is comparable to its two-body relaxation timescale only in the cluster core. The observed steepening of the mass function at larger radii is therefore most likely an initial condition of the cluster stars. Such initial conditions are predicted in models of cluster star formation in which dissipative processes act more strongly upon more massive stars.

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