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Probable members of Serpens OB2

Listed in IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)

The Serpens OB2 association (l~18.5deg, b~1.9deg, d=1950+/-30pc) is a large star-forming complex ~65 pc above the Galactic midplane, with a clumpy, elongated structure extending ~50 pc parallel to the plane.

Description

We analyse probable association members, including OB stars and low-to-intermediate-mass young stellar objects (YSOs) from the SPICY catalogue. We use ^13^CO MWISP data to trace the molecular clouds.

The OB stars are concentrated toward the centre of the association, coincident with a gap in the molecular clouds, and toward the side nearest the Galactic plane. The YSOs are distributed throughout the association, but cluster around molecular-cloud clumps. Using Gaia DR3 proper motions to probe the association's internal kinematics, we find aligned stellar velocities on length scales <~2pc, two-point statistics that show increasing velocity differences and predominantly divergent motions at larger separations, and distinct velocities for star clusters within the association.

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Finally, the association exhibits gradual but statistically significant global expansion perpendicular to the Galactic plane, with a spatial gradient of 0.10+/-0.02km/s/pc^. The clumpy stellar distribution, correlated velocities on small scales, and increasingly divergent motions on larger scales are consistent with an initial velocity field inherited from a turbulent molecular cloud modified by stellar feedback. The global vertical expansion may arise from large-scale turbulence or feedback-driven shell expansion, with the HII region Sh 2-54 preferentially pushing the molecular gas away from the Galactic plane.

Ser OB2 demonstrates that the multi-scale expansion of an OB association can begin even while star formation is still ongoing throughout the complex.

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Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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IVOA Registry (Virtual Observatory)ivo://cds.vizier/j/mnras/546/g30512 d agoJSON v1
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access_levelsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
concepts[field].local:field:astronomymapping · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
concepts[modality].ivoa_waveband:opticalsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
descriptionsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0rr.resource.res_description
license_textsource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
publication_datesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0
titlesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0rr.resource.res_title
updated_datesource · IVOA Registryconnector:ivoa_registry@1.0.0