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Dynamics of the Young Binary LMC Cluster NGC 1850 | | P. Fischer
; D. L. Welch
; M. Mateo
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20 Oct 1992 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Abstract: | In this paper we have examined the age and internal dynamics of the young binary LMC cluster NGC 1850 using BV CCD images and echelle spectra of 52 supergiants. Isochrone fits to a BV color-magnitude diagram revealed that the primary cluster has an age of $ au = 90 pm 30$ Myr while the secondary member has $ au = 6 pm 5$ Myr. BV surface brightness profiles were constructed out to R $>$ 40 pc, and single-component King-Michie (KM) models were applied. The total cluster luminosity varied from L$_B$ = 2.60 - 2.65 $ imes 10^6$ L$_B$sol and L$_V$ = 1.25 - 1.35 $ imes 10^6$ as the anisotropy radius varied from infinity to three times the scale radius with the isotropic models providing the best agreement with the data. Of the 52 stars with echelle spectra, a subset of 36 were used to study the cluster dynamics. The KM radial velocity distributions were fitted to these velocities yielding total cluster masses of 5.4 - 5.9 $pm 2.4 imes 10^4$ Msol corresponding to M/L$_B$ = 0.02 $pm 0.01$ Msol/L$_B$sol or M/L$_V$ = 0.05 $pm 0.02$ Msol/L$_V$sol. A rotational signal in the radial velocities has been detected at the 93 confidence level implying a rotation axis at a position angle of 100deg. A variety of rotating models were fit to the velocity data assuming cluster ellipticities of $epsilon = 0.1 - 0.3$. These models provided slightly better agreement with the radial velocity data than the KM models and had masses that were systematically lower by a few percent. The preferred value for the slope of a power-law IMF is a relatively shallow, $x = 0.29 pmm{+0.3}{-0.8}$ assuming the B-band M/L or $x = 0.71 pmm{+0.2}{-0.4}$ for the V-band. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/9210004 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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