Abstract
Abstract
We identify hierarchical structures in the Vela OB2 complex and the cluster pair Collinder 135 and UBC 7 with Gaia EDR3 using the neural network machine-learning algorithm StarGO. Five second-level substructures are disentangled in Vela OB2, which are referred to as Huluwa 1 (Gamma Velorum), Huluwa 2, Huluwa 3, Huluwa 4, and Huluwa 5. For the first time, Collinder 135 and UBC 7 are simultaneously identified as constituent clusters of the pair with minimal manual intervention. We propose an alternative scenario in which Huluwa 1–5 have originated from sequential star formation. The older clusters Huluwa 1–3, with an age of 10–22 Myr, generated stellar feedback to cause turbulence that fostered the formation of the younger-generation Huluwa 4–5 (7–20 Myr). A supernova explosion located inside the Vela IRAS shell quenched star formation in Huluwa 4–5 and rapidly expelled the remaining gas from the clusters. This resulted in global mass stratification across the shell, which is confirmed by the regression discontinuity method. The stellar mass in the lower rim of the shell is 0.32 ± 0.14 M
⊙ higher than in the upper rim. Local, cluster-scale mass segregation is observed in the lowest-mass cluster Huluwa 5. Huluwa 1–5 (in Vela OB2) are experiencing significant expansion, while the cluster pair suffers from moderate expansion. The velocity dispersions suggest that all five groups (including Huluwa 1A and Huluwa 1B) in Vela OB2 and the cluster pair are supervirial and are undergoing disruption, and also that Huluwa 1A and Huluwa 1B may be a coeval young cluster pair. N-body simulations predict that Huluwa 1–5 in Vela OB2 and the cluster pair will continue to expand in the future 100 Myr and eventually dissolve.
Funder
research development fun of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
XJTLU Summer Undergraduate Research Fund
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
Research Development Fund of Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Subject
Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics
Cited by
11 articles.
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