Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system

Aims.The exciting debate about the existence of signs of enhanced formation of Galactic open clusters (OCs) is revisited here on the basis of a revised age distribution. Methods.The data were taken from the recently updated 2009 version of the Dias et al.'s 1787 OC catalogue. Results.We found t...

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spelling todo:paper_00046361_v513_n11_p_Piatti2023-10-03T14:00:31Z Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system Piatti, A.E. Galaxies: star clusters: general Open clusters and associations: general Cluster computing Age distribution Galaxies: star clusters Open cluster systems Open clusters Open clusters and associations: general Solar neighbourhood Galaxies Aims.The exciting debate about the existence of signs of enhanced formation of Galactic open clusters (OCs) is revisited here on the basis of a revised age distribution. Methods.The data were taken from the recently updated 2009 version of the Dias et al.'s 1787 OC catalogue. Results.We found that the present OC's age distribution presents two primary excesses at t ∼ 10-15 Myr and 1.5 Gyr, which are signs of enhanced formation episodes similar to those that occurred in other galaxies (e.g., M51, NGC 1705). When restricting the OC sample to those located in the solar neighbourhood, with the aim of avoiding incompleteness effects, we also find that these clusters are engraved with clear signs of enhanced formation at both ages. © 2010 ESO. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00046361_v513_n11_p_Piatti
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topic Galaxies: star clusters: general
Open clusters and associations: general
Cluster computing
Age distribution
Galaxies: star clusters
Open cluster systems
Open clusters
Open clusters and associations: general
Solar neighbourhood
Galaxies
spellingShingle Galaxies: star clusters: general
Open clusters and associations: general
Cluster computing
Age distribution
Galaxies: star clusters
Open cluster systems
Open clusters
Open clusters and associations: general
Solar neighbourhood
Galaxies
Piatti, A.E.
Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system
topic_facet Galaxies: star clusters: general
Open clusters and associations: general
Cluster computing
Age distribution
Galaxies: star clusters
Open cluster systems
Open clusters
Open clusters and associations: general
Solar neighbourhood
Galaxies
description Aims.The exciting debate about the existence of signs of enhanced formation of Galactic open clusters (OCs) is revisited here on the basis of a revised age distribution. Methods.The data were taken from the recently updated 2009 version of the Dias et al.'s 1787 OC catalogue. Results.We found that the present OC's age distribution presents two primary excesses at t ∼ 10-15 Myr and 1.5 Gyr, which are signs of enhanced formation episodes similar to those that occurred in other galaxies (e.g., M51, NGC 1705). When restricting the OC sample to those located in the solar neighbourhood, with the aim of avoiding incompleteness effects, we also find that these clusters are engraved with clear signs of enhanced formation at both ages. © 2010 ESO.
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author Piatti, A.E.
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title Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system
title_short Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system
title_full Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system
title_fullStr Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system
title_full_unstemmed Evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the Galactic open cluster system
title_sort evidence of enhanced formation episodes in the galactic open cluster system
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00046361_v513_n11_p_Piatti
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