Kinematics of young stars (I): Local irregularities

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2000-05-15

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005308v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

23 pages, 18 figures, LaTex, uses aa.cls. Accepted for publication in A&A

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The local velocity field of young stars is dominated by the galactic rotation, the kinematics of the Gould Belt and the nearest OB associations and open clusters, and the kinematics of the spiral structure. We re-examined here this local velocity field by using a large sample of nearby O and B stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue. The high quality astrometric data are complemented with a careful compilation of radial velocities and Str\"omgren photometry, which allows individual photometric distances and ages to be derived. The Gould Belt extends up to 600 pc from the Sun with an inclination with respect to the galactic plane of $i_{\mathrm{G}} = 16$-$22\degr$ and the ascending node placed at $\Omega_{\mathrm{G}} = 275$-$295\degr$. Approximately 60% of the stars younger than 60 Myr belong to this structure. The values found for the Oort constants when different samples selected by age or distance were used allowed us to interpret the systematic trends observed as signatures induced by the kinematic behaviour of the Gould Belt. The contribution of Sco-Cen and Ori OB1 complexes in the characterization of the expansion of the Gould Belt system is also discussed. We found that a positive $K$-term remains when these aggregates are excluded. From the kinematic behaviour of the stars and their spatial distribution we derive an age for the Gould Belt system in the interval 30-60 Myr.

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