The Dynamics of an Expanding OB Association
We present 3-dimensional kinematical observations of the massive OB association Cygnus OB2 to identify the mechanisms responsible for disrupting young star clusters. The picture revealed by these observations is of a highly-substructured, dynamically unmixed OB association that does not exhibit the...
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Zusammenfassung: | We present 3-dimensional kinematical observations of the massive OB
association Cygnus OB2 to identify the mechanisms responsible for disrupting
young star clusters. The picture revealed by these observations is of a
highly-substructured, dynamically unmixed OB association that does not exhibit
the position-velocity correlations predicted by the theories of infant
mortality or tidal stripping. These observations would appear to support a
picture of hierarchical star formation. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1208.0211 |