From moving groups to star formation in the solar neighborhood

Autor(en)
C. Swiggum, J. Alves, E. D-Onghia
Abstrakt

Moving groups in the solar neighborhood are ensembles of commoving stars, likely originating due to forces from spiral arms, the Galactic bar, or external perturbations. Their comovement with young clusters indicates recent star formation within these moving groups, but a lack of precise 3D position and velocity measurements has obscured this connection. Using backward orbit integrations of 509 clusters within 1 kpc based on Gaia DR3 and supplemented with APOGEE-2 and GALAH DR3 radial velocities we traced their evolution over the past 100 Myr. We find that most clusters separate into three spatial groups that each trace one of the Pleiades, Coma Berenices, and Sirius moving groups. The same trend is not seen for the Hyades moving group. The young clusters of the Alpha Persei, Messier 6, and Collinder 135 families of clusters, previously found to have formed in three massive star-forming complexes, commove with either the Pleiades (Alpha Persei and Messier 6) or the Coma Berenices (Collinder 135). Our results provide a sharper view of how large-scale Galactic dynamics have shaped recent, nearby star formation.

Organisation(en)
Institut für Astrophysik
Externe Organisation(en)
University of Wisconsin, Madison, INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino
Journal
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Band
699
Anzahl der Seiten
5
ISSN
0004-6361
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202554985
Publikationsdatum
07-2025
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
103003 Astronomie, 103004 Astrophysik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
Link zum Portal
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/d0bcfc0e-27e6-4d80-9353-b4d10d2d326e