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NGC 2244/Rosette Nebula Chandra X-Ray Point Source Catalog
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This table contains the point source catalog based on the first high spatial resolution X-ray study of NGC 2244, the 2 Myr old stellar cluster in the Rosette Nebula, using Chandra.
Description
Over 900 X-ray sources are detected within 20 arcminutes of the cluster central position (J2000.0 RA and Dec of 6 31 59.9, +4 55 36); 77% of these X-ray sources have optical or FLAMINGOS NIR stellar counterparts and are mostly previously uncataloged young cluster members.
The X-ray-selected population is estimated to be nearly complete between 0.5 and 3 M<sub>solar</sub>. A number of further results emerge from the analysis: (1) The X-ray luminosity function (XLF) and the associated K-band LF indicate a normal Salpeter IMF for NGC 2244. This is inconsistent with the top-heavy IMF reported from earlier optical studies that lacked a good census of < 4 M<sub>solar</sub> stars.
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By comparing the NGC 2244 and Orion Nebula Cluster XLFs, the authors estimate a total population of ~2000 stars in NGC 2244. (2) The spatial distribution of X-ray stars is strongly concentrated around the central O5 star, HD 46150. The other early O star, HD 46223, has few companions.
The cluster's stellar radial density profile shows two distinctive structures: a power-law cusp around HD 46150 that extends to ~0.7 pc, surrounded by an isothermal sphere extending out to 4 pc with core radius 1.2 pc. This double structure, combined with the absence of mass segregation, indicates that this 2 Myr old cluster is not in dynamical equilibrium. (3) The fraction of X-ray-selected cluster members with K-band excesses caused by inner protoplanetary disks is 6%, slightly lower than the 10% disk fraction estimated from the FLAMINGOS study based on the NIR-selected sample.
(4) X-ray luminosities for 24 stars earlier than B4 confirm the long-standing log (L<sub>X</sub>/L<sub>bol</sub>) ~ -7 relation. The Rosette OB X-ray spectra are soft and consistent with the standard model of small-scale shocks in the inner wind of a single massive star. This table was created by the HEASARC in July 2008 based on electronic versions of Tables 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the reference paper which were obtained from the electronic ApJ web site.
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Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
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| NASA Data Portal | e4a1989e-18ea-45e9-a34f-f0b0aa70dbad | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[modality].local:modality:tabular | enrichment · data nasa gov | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (65%) |
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