37 research outputs found
When the tale comes true: multiple populations and wide binaries in the Orion Nebula Cluster
The high-quality OmegaCAM photometry of the 3x3 deg around the Orion Nebula
Cluster (ONC) in r, and i filters by Beccari et al.(2017) revealed three
well-separated pre-main sequences in the color-magnitude diagram (CMD). The
objects belonging to the individual sequences are concentrated towards the
center of the ONC. The authors concluded that there are two competitive
scenarios: a population of unresolved binaries and triples with an exotic mass
ratio distribution, or three stellar populations with different ages. We use
Gaia DR2 in combination with the photometric OmegaCAM catalog to test and
confirm the presence of the putative three stellar populations. We also study
multiple stellar systems in the ONC for the first time using Gaia DR2. We
confirm that the second and third sequence members are more centrally
concentrated towards the center of the ONC. In addition we find an indication
that the parallax and proper motion distributions are different among the
members of the stellar sequences. The age difference among stellar populations
is estimated to be 1-2 Myr. We use Gaia measurements to identify and remove as
many unresolved multiple system candidates as possible. Nevertheless we are
still able to recover two well-separated sequences with evidence for the third
one, supporting the existence of the three stellar populations. We were able to
identify a substantial number of wide binary objects (separation between
1000-3000 au). This challenges previously inferred values that suggested no
wide binary stars exist in the ONC. Our inferred wide-binary fraction is approx
5%. We confirm the three populations correspond to three separated episodes of
star formation. Based on this result, we conclude that star formation is not
happening in a single burst in this region. (abridged)Comment: Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A) accepted. 12 pages, 9 figures +
appendix. New version with language corrections and new ID values in Tab.A.
Refractive index determination of SiGe using reactive ion etching/ellipsometry: application of the depth profiling of the Ge concentration
The complex refractive index at a wavelength of 632.8 nm of strained epitaxial SiGe layers on silicon substrates has been determined as a function of the germanium content using in situ ellipsometry during reactive ion etching. The germanium concentration was obtained from Rutherford backscattering. These index values are used to invert the ellipsometry equations. Using this principle, the Ge concentration depth profile of an unknown SiGe structure can be determined from an in situ ellipsometry measurement sequence that is taken while the unknown sample is being etche
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UBVI Time-series Photometry of the Old LMC Globular Cluster Reticulum
We present new UBVI CCD observations of the old LMC globular cluster RETICULUM. These data allowed us to re-determine periods and light curves and to identify 4 double mode RR Lyrae stars. A comparison with the theoretical instability strip in the M_V-log P plane shows good agreement between theory and observations when an apparent distance modulus of (m-M)=18.45+-0.12 mag (i.e.(m-M)_0=18.39+-0.12 mag) is assumed