Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-11-02
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
23 pages, 11 figures, 3 tables - accepted by ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/525844
We present results from 1351 high resolution spectra of 1215 stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) and the surrounding Orion 1c association, obtained with the Hectochelle multiobject echelle spectrograph on the 6.5m MMT. We confirmed 1111 stars as members, based on their radial velocity and/or H-alpha emission. The radial velocity distribution of members shows a dispersion of 3.1 km/s. We found a substantial north-south velocity gradient and spatially coherent structure in the radial velocity distribution, similar to that seen in the molecular gas in the region. We also identified several binary and high velocity stars, a region exhibiting signs of triggered star formation, and a possible foreground population of stars somewhat older than the ONC. Stars without infrared excesses (as detected with the IRAC instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope) exhibit a wider spread in radial velocity than the infrared excess stars; this spread is mostly due to a blue-shifted population of stars that may constitute a foreground population. We also identify some accreting stars, based on H-alpha, that do not have detectable infrared excesses with IRAC, and thus are potential transitional disk systems (objects with inner disk holes). We propose that the substructure seen both in stellar and gaseous component is the result of non-uniform gravitational collapse to a filamentary distribution of gas. The spatial and kinematic correlation between the stellar and gaseous components suggests the region is very young, probably only ~1 crossing time old or less to avoid shock dissipation and gravitational interactions which would tend to destroy the correlation between stars and gas.
Furesz Gabor
Hamden Erika T.
Hartmann Lee W.
Megeath Thomas S.
Szentgyorgyi Andrew H.
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