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1999MNRAS.302..305G - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 302, 305-313 (1999/January-2)
The structure of young star clusters.
GLADWIN P.P., KITSIONAS S., BOFFIN H.M.J. and WHITWORTH A.P.
Abstract (from CDS):
We also calculate the box dimensions for the two star clusters: for Chamaeleon I we obtain Dbox≃1.51±0.12, and for Taurus Dbox≃1.39±0.01. However, the limited dynamic range makes these estimates simply descriptors of the large-scale clustering, and not admissible evidence for fractality.
We propose two algorithms for objectively generating maps of constant stellar surface density in young star clusters. Such maps are useful for comparison with molecular-line and dust-continuum maps of star-forming clouds, and with the results of numerical simulations of star formation. They are also useful because they retain information that is suppressed in the evaluation of N-(θ). Algorithm I (SCATTER) uses a universal smoothing length, and therefore has a restricted dynamic range, but it is implicitly normalized. Algorithm II (GATHER) uses a local smoothing length, which gives it much greater dynamic range, but it has to be normalized explicitly. Both algorithms appear to capture well the features that the human eye sees. We are exploring ways of analysing such maps to discriminate between fractal structure and single-level clustering, and to determine the degree of central condensation in small-N clusters.
Abstract Copyright: 1998, Royal Astronomical Society
Journal keyword(s): binaries: general - stars: formation - ISM: clouds
Simbad objects: 7
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