Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-01-30
New Astron.13:508-518,2008
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
25 pages, 11 figures. Accepted by New Astronomy
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.newast.2008.01.008
We derive fundamental parameters of the embedded cluster DBSB48 in the southern nebula Hoffleit18 and the very young open cluster Trumpler14, by means of deep JHKs infrared photometry. We build colour-magnitude and colour-colour diagrams to derive reddening and age, based on main sequence and pre-main sequence distributions. Radial stellar density profiles are used to study cluster structure and guide photometric diagram extractions. Field-star decontamination is applied to uncover the intrinsic cluster sequences in the diagrams. Ages are inferred from K-excess fractions. A prominent pre-main-sequence population is present in DBSB48, and the K-excess fraction f_K=55+/-6% gives an age of 1.1+/-0.5Myr. A mean reddening of A_K_s=0.9+/-0.03 was found, corresponding to $A_V=8.2\pm0.3$. The cluster CMD is consistent with the far kinematic distance of 5 kpc for Hoffleit 18. For Trumpler 14 we derived similar parameters as in previous studies in the optical, in particular an age of $1.7\pm0.7$ Myr. The fraction of stars with infrared excess in Trumpler 14 is $f_K=28\pm4%$. Despite the young ages, both clusters are described by a King profile with core radii $\rc=0.46\pm0.05$ pc and $\rc=0.35\pm0.04$ pc, respectively for DBSB 48 and Trumpler 14. Such cores are smaller than those of typical open clusters. Small cores are probably related to the cluster formation and/or parent molecular cloud fragmentation. In DBSB 48, the magnitude extent of the upper main sequence is $\Delta \ks\approx2$ mag, while in Trumpler 14 it is $\Delta \ks\approx5$ mag, consistent with the estimated ages.
Barbuy Batriz
Bica Eduardo
Bonatto Ch.
Momany Yazan
Ortolani Sergio
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