Hierarchical formation of Westerlund 1 Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Gennaro M.
  2. Goodwin S.P.
  3. Parker R.J.
  4. Allison R.J.
  5. Brandner W.
  6. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

We examine the level of substructure and mass segregation in the massive, young cluster Westerlund 1. We find that it is relatively smooth, with little or no mass segregation, but with the massive stars in regions of significantly higher than average surface density. While an expanding or bouncing-back scenario for the evolution of Westerlund 1 cannot be ruled out, we argue that the most natural model to explain these observations is one in which Westerlund 1 formed with no primordial mass segregation and at a similar or larger size than we now observe.

Keywords
  1. Open star clusters
  2. Infrared photometry
  3. Optical astronomy
  4. Wide-band photometry
Bibliographic source Bibcode
2017MNRAS.472.1760G
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/MNRAS/472/1760
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/472/1760
Document Object Identifer DOI

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/472/1760
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/472/1760
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/MNRAS/472/1760
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).
IVOA Cone Search SCS
For use with a cone search client (e.g., TOPCAT).
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/472/1760/table1?
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/472/1760/table1?
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/conesearch/J/MNRAS/472/1760/table1?

History

2020-08-11T09:54:03Z
Resource record created
2020-08-11T09:54:03Z
Created
2020-10-12T12:41:18Z
Updated

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