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The spatial morphology and dynamical status of a young, still-forming stellar cluster provide valuable clues on the conditions during the star formation event and the processes that regulated it. We analyze the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Nicola Da Rio , Jonathan C. Tan , Karl Jaehnig

The ONC appears to be unusual on two grounds: The observed constellation of the OB stars of the entire Orion Nebula cluster and its Trapezium at its centre implies a time-scale problem given the age of the Trapezium, and an IMF problem for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-26 J. Pflamm-Altenburg , P. Kroupa

We study the temporal and spatial distribution of star formation rates in four well-studied star-forming regions in local molecular clouds(MCs): Taurus, Perseus, $\rho$ Ophiuchi, and Orion A. Using published mass and age estimates for young…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-10 Spencer Caldwell , Philip Chang

General properties of the Orion star-forming region are discussed, with a focus on the dense Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC). This cluster contains between 2500 and 4500 objects located within a few parsecs of the eponymous Trapezium stars. Its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-25 Lynne A. Hillenbrand , John M. Carpenter , Eric D. Feigelson

The Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) is the most massive region of active star formation within a kpc of the Sun. Using Gaia DR3 parallaxes and proper motions, we examine the bulk motions of stars radially and tangentially relative to the cluster…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-05 Marina Kounkel , Keivan G. Stassun , Kevin Covey , Lee Hartmann

The Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) is the nearest site of ongoing massive star formation, which allows us to study the kinematics and dynamics of the region in detail and constrain star formation theories. Using HST ACS/WFPC2/WFC3IR and Keck II…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 Dongwon Kim , Jessica R. Lu , Quinn Konopacky , Laurie Chu , Elizabeth Toller , Jay Anderson , Christopher A. Theissen , Mark R. Morris

The Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) is an excellent example for understanding the formation of star clusters. Recent studies have shown that ONC has three distinct age populations and anisotropy in velocity dispersions, which are key…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-08 Michiko S. Fujii , Long Wang , Yutaka Hirai , Yoshito Shimajiri , Jun Kumamoto , Takayuki Saitoh

We have performed a comprehensive study of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) combining the photometric data obtained by the two \textit{HST} Treasury programs that targeted this region. To consistently analyze the rich dataset obtained in a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-15 Giovanni M. Strampelli , Massimo Robberto , Laurent Pueyo , Mario Gennaro , Carlo F. Manara , Elena Sabbi , Antonio Aparicio

Using proper motion data for 894 stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) compiled by Jones & Walker in 1988, we search for binaries with apparent separations in the range 1000-5000 AU, and find an upper limit of three. Using a Monte Carlo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Aylwyn Scally , Cathie Clarke , Mark J. McCaughrean

ALMA observations of the Serpens South star-forming region suggest that stellar protoclusters may be completely mass segregated at birth. Independent observations also suggest that embedded clusters form segregated by mass. As the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-06-19 Václav Pavlík , Pavel Kroupa , Ladislav Šubr

We present results from 1351 high resolution spectra of 1215 stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) and the surrounding Orion 1c association, obtained with the Hectochelle multiobject echelle spectrograph on the 6.5m MMT. We confirmed 1111…

The results obtained by Kroupa, Petr & McCaughrean (1999) for specific models of young compact binary-rich clusters are generalised using dynamical scaling relations, to infer the candidate set of possible birth models leading to the Orion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Pavel Kroupa

The nearest site of massive star formation in Orion is dominated by the Trapezium subsystem, with its four OB stars and numerous companions. The question of how these stars came to be in such close proximity has implications for our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Nickolas Moeckel , Ian A. Bonnell

(abridged) A scenario for the formation of multiple co-eval populations separated in age by about 1 Myr in very young clusters (VYCs, ages less than 10 Myr) and with masses in the range 600-20000 Msun is outlined. It rests upon a converging…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 Pavel Kroupa , Tereza Jerabkova , František Dinnbier , Giacomo Beccari , Zhiqiang Yan

We present the kinematic analysis of $246$ stars within $4\mbox{$^\prime$}$ from the center of Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC), the closest massive star cluster with active star formation across the full mass range, which provides valuable…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-05-23 Lingfeng Wei , Christopher A. Theissen , Quinn M. Konopacky , Jessica R. Lu , Chih-Chun Hsu , Dongwon Kim

Using numerical simulations of the formation and evolution of stellar clusters within molecular clouds, we show that the stars in clusters formed within collapsing molecular cloud clumps exhibit a constant velocity dispersion regardless of…

The aim of this work is to characterize the stellar population between Earth and the Orion A molecular cloud where the well known star formation benchmark Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) is embedded. We use the denser regions the Orion A cloud…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 J. Alves , H. Bouy

We argue that rich star clusters take at least several local dynamical times to form, and so are quasi-equilibrium structures during their assembly. Observations supporting this conclusion include morphologies of star-forming clumps,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jonathan C. Tan , Mark R. Krumholz , Christopher F. McKee

Massive stars born in star clusters terminate star cluster formation by ionizing the surrounding gas. This process is considered to be prevalent in young star clusters containing massive stars. The Orion Nebula is an excellent example…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-06-10 Michiko S. Fujii , Kohei Hattori , Long Wang , Yutaka Hirai , Jun Kumamoto , Yoshito Shimajiri , Takayuki R. Saitoh

(shortened) Direct N-body calculations are presented of the formation of Galactic clusters using GasEx, which is a variant of the code Nbody6. The calculations focus on the possible evolution of the Orion Nebula Cluster (ONC) by assuming…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 P. Kroupa , S. J. Aarseth , J. Hurley
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