Observational studies of pre-main-sequence evolution.
Observational studies of pre-main-sequence evolution.
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DOI:
10.1086/190641
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发表时间:
1979-12
影响因子:
8.7
通讯作者:
M. Cohen;L. Kuhi
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作者:
M. Cohen;L. Kuhi
Optical scanner data from 4270 to 6710 A with a resolution of 7 A have been obtained for some 600 H..cap alpha.. emission stars listed in the compilation of T Tauri stars by Herbig and Rao and in the original H..cap alpha.. surveys. These are used to obtain spectral types, reddening corrections, and emission-line strengths and are combined with infrared broad-band measurements out to 3.5 ..mu..m to provide bolometric luminosities and effective temperatures. H-R diagrams are presented for the Taurus-Auriga complex, Orion, NGC 2264, NGC 7000/IC 5070, and the rho Ophiuchi association. The following conclusions are reached: Most H..cap alpha.. emission stars lie on convective tracks in the H-R diagram, and their distribution does not correspond to any published dynamical evolutionary tracks. Most H..cap alpha.. emission stars are of spectra type late K and luminosity class between III and V. Radii and masses derived from the H-R diagram lie between 1 and 5 R/sub sun/ and between 0.2 and 3 M/sub sun/, respectively. The value of d (log N)/d (log M) ranges from -1.35 to -2.9 and for the three best-observed groups is consistent with the -1.35 of the Salpeter initial mass function. Star formation is not coeval on amore » time scale of less than a10/sup 4/to approx.6 x 10/sup 6/ years. The overall efficiency of star formation is approx.10%.6.. The bulk of the extinction occurs within the dark clouds rather than in circumstellar envelopes. High-mass stars may therefore form preferentially in the dense cores of clouds, and low-mass stars may form throughout the cloud. It is very likely that all close pairs of T Tauri stars are binaries.« less