NUK - logo
E-viri
Recenzirano Odprti dostop
  • Diagnosing the Stellar Popu...
    Zhang, Yu; Tang, Shih-Yun; Chen, W. P.; Pang, Xiaoying; Liu, J. Z.

    Astrophysical journal/˜The œAstrophysical journal, 02/2020, Letnik: 889, Številka: 2
    Journal Article

    We present the stellar population, using Gaia DR2 parallax, kinematics, and photometry, of the young (∼100 Myr), nearby (∼230 pc) open cluster, Blanco 1. A total of 644 member candidates are identified via the unsupervised machine learning method StarGO to find the clustering in the five-dimensional position and proper motion parameter (X, Y, Z, , δ) space. Within the tidal radius of 10.0 0.3 pc, there are 488 member candidates, 3 times more than those outside. A leading tail and a trailing tail, each of 50-60 pc in the Galactic plane, are found for the first time for this cluster, with stars further from the cluster center streaming away faster, manifest stellar stripping. Blanco 1 has a total detected mass of 285 32 M with a mass function consistent with a slope of = 1.35 0.2 in the sense of , in the mass range of 0.25-2.51 M , where N is the number of members and m is stellar mass. A minimum spanning tree (ΛMSR) analysis shows the cluster to be moderately mass segregated among the most massive members ( 1.4 M ), suggesting an early stage of dynamical disintegration.