HST/NICMOS III imaging in Orion Nebula Cluster Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Andersen M.
  2. Meyer M.R.
  3. Robberto M.
  4. Bergeron L.E.
  5. Reid N.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We present deep HST/NICMOS Camera 3 F110W and F160W imaging of a 26'x33', corresponding to 3.1x3.8pc^2^, non-contiguous field towards the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC). The main aim is to determine the ratio of low-mass stars to brown dwarfs for the cluster as a function of radius out to a radial distance of 1.5pc. The sensitivity of the data outside the nebulous central region is F160W<=21.0mag, significantly deeper than previous studies of the region over a comparable area. We create an extinction limited sample and determine the ratio of low-mass stars (0.08-1M_{sun}_) to brown dwarfs (0.02-0.08M_{sun}_ and 0.03-0.08M_{sun}_) for the cluster as a whole and for several annuli. The ratio found for the cluster within a radius of 1.5pc is R_02_=N(0.08-1M_{sun}_)/N(0.02-0.08M_{sun}_)=1.7+/-0.2, and R_03_=N(0.08-1M_{sun}_)/N(0.03-0.08M_{sun}_)=2.4+/-0.2, after correcting for field stars. The ratio for the central 0.3x0.3pc^2^ region down to 0.03M_{sun}_ was previously found to be R_03_=3.3^+0.8^_-0.7_, suggesting the low-mass content of the cluster is mass segregated. We discuss the implications of a gradient in the ratio of stars to brown dwarfs in the ONC in the context of previous measurements of the cluster and for other nearby star forming regions. We further discuss the current evidence for variations in the low-mass IMF and primordial mass segregation.

Keywords
  1. open-star-clusters
  2. pre-main-sequence-stars
  3. hst-photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2011A&A...534A..10A
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doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.35340010

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History

2011-10-25T14:23:38Z
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2011-10-25T14:23:38Z
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