Activity and kinematics of members of the TW Hydrae association |
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| Authors: | Neill Reid |
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| Institution: | Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA |
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| Abstract: | We present high-resolution echelle spectroscopy of 20 stars in 16 systems catalogued as members of the TW Hydrae association, and 16 stars identified as possible new members. We have calibrated the range of coronal and chromospheric activity expected for such young stars as a function of spectral type by combining our observations with literature data for field and open cluster stars. We also compute space motions for TWA members and candidate members with proper motion measurements, using two techniques to estimate distances to stars lacking direct trigonometric parallax measurements. The mean space motion of the four TWA members with known parallaxes is ( U , V , W : ?10.0, ?17.8, ?4.6) km s?1 . 14 of the candidates have properties inconsistent with cluster membership; the remaining two are potential new members, although further observations are required to confirm this possibility. |
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| Keywords: | stars: activity open clusters and associations: individual: TW Hydrae solar neighbourhood |
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