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On the Origin of the Orion Trapezium System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2007

Hans Zinnecker
Hans Zinnecker*
Affiliation:
Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany email: hzinnecker@aip.de
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Abstract

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Numerical SPH simulations of supersonic gravo-turbulent fragmentation of a protocluster cloud (1000 M⊙) suggest that the cloud develops a few subclusters (star+gas systems) which subsequently merge into a single cluster entity. Each subcluster carries one most massive star (likely multiple), thus the merging of subclusters results in a central Trapezium-type system, as observed in the core of the Orion Nebula cluster.

Keywords

star formationyoung star clustermultiple systemsOrion Nebula
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S246: Dynamical Evolution of Dense Stellar Systems , September 2007 , pp. 75 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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