Computer Science
Scientific paper
Dec 2003
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Thesis (PhD). STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK, Source DAI-B 64/06, p. 2716, Dec 2003, 234 pages.
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
I have conducted a BVRI survey covering ˜2.7 deg2 of the Orion OB1b sub-association, a ˜3 Myr old fossil star forming region located in the belt of Orion. I have developed a procedure to use single epoch photometry to estimate the number of PMS stars and field stars in the PMS locus as a function of color. I detected ˜180 likely members of the σ Orionis cluster. The cluster has a radial profile which is consistent with a King model that has a King radius of r0 ≤1 pc. The central density of the cluster is ˜30 stars pc-3 in the mass range 0.2 ≤ M ≤ 1.0 M&sun; . The σ Orionis cluster is the richest region of Orion OB1b and the only region that where a clustered population has been detected. The PMS locus for the σ Ori region is quite narrow for stars near 0.8 M&sun; but becomes wider at lower masses. At least part of this width must be due to a combination of the intrinsic variability of the PMS stars, binary stars, and observational errors. Part of this width may be caused by the stars in the cluster having formed over a period of several Myrs. It is impossible to interpret the width of the PMS locus in terms of an age-spread without knowing the expected width of a single age (isochronal) population. I constructed several simulated populations of PMS stars that were either coeval or had a range of ages. I compared my models with the observed width of the PMS locus and concluded that the age-spread among members of the σ Ori cluster is less than one million years. I found a significant distributed population of low-mass PMS stars in the western belt with about 240 low-mass PMS stars per square degree. Roughly half the stars are members of the 11 Myr (D ˜ 330 pc) Orion OB1a sub- association which overlaps Orion OB1b. I found no evidence that these stars are arranged in clusters around δ Ori and ɛ Ori.
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