Chandra obs. of the Trifid region & ARCoIRIS sp. Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Kuhn M.A.
  2. Hillenbrand L.A.
  3. Feigelson E.D.
  4. Fowler I.
  5. Getman K.V.,Broos P.S.
  6. Povich M.S.
  7. Gromadzki M.
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Abstract

The dynamical states of molecular clouds may affect the properties of the stars they form. In the vicinity of the Trifid Nebula (d=1180+/-25pc), the main star cluster (Trifid Main) lies within an expanding section of the molecular cloud; however, ~0.3{deg} to the north (Trifid North), the cloud's velocity structure is more tranquil. We acquired a Chandra X-ray observation to identify pre-main-sequence stars in Trifid North, complementing a previous observation of Trifid Main. In Trifid North, we identified 51 candidate pre-main-sequence stars, of which 13 are high-confidence Trifid members based on Gaia EDR3 parallaxes and proper motions. We also reanalyzed the membership of Trifid Main and separated out multiple background stellar associations. Trifid North represents a stellar population ~10% as rich as Trifid Main that formed in a separate part of the cloud. The 1D stellar velocity dispersion in Trifid North (0.6+/-0.2km/s) is 3 times lower than that in Trifid Main (1.9+/-0.2km/s). Furthermore, in Trifid Main, proper motions indicate that the portion of the star cluster superimposed on the optical nebula is expanding. Expansion of the HII region around the O-star HD 164492A, and the resulting gas expulsion, can explain both the motions of the stars and gas in Trifid Main. Contrary to previous studies, we find no evidence that a cloud-cloud collision triggered star formation in the region.

Keywords
  1. x-ray-sources
  2. molecular-clouds
  3. infrared-photometry
  4. visible-astronomy
  5. proper-motions
  6. trigonometric-parallax
  7. astronomical-object-identification
  8. infrared-astronomy
  9. spectroscopy
  10. ob-stars
  11. young-stellar-objects
  12. open-star-clusters
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