Young Stellar Groups and Their Most Massive Stars

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2010-11-05

arxiv.org/abs/1011.1416v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxy Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in ApJ. 78 pages preprint format, 16 figures & 2 tables, plus supplementary 3 figures & 4 tables for

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We analyze the masses and spatial distributions of fourteen young stellar groups in Taurus, Lupus3, ChaI, and IC348. These nearby groups, which typically contain 20 to 40 members, have membership catalogs complete to ~0.02 M_sun, and are sufficiently young that their locations should be similar to where they formed. These groups show five properties seen in clusters having many more stars and much greater surface density of stars: (1) a broad range of masses, (2) a concentration of the most massive star towards the centre of the group, (3) an association of the most massive star with a high surface density of lower-mass stars, (4) a correlation of the mass of the most massive star with the total mass of the group, and (5) the distribution of a large fraction of the mass in a small fraction of the stars.

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