The distribution of nearby stars in phase space mapped by Hipparcos III. Clustering and streaming among A-F type stars

Abstract

This paper presents the detailed results obtained in the search of density- velocity inhomogeneities in a volume limited and absolute magnitude limited sample of A-F type dwarfs within 125 parsecs of the Sun. A 3-D wavelet analysis is used to extract inhomogeneities, both in the density and velocity distributions. Having established a real picture of the phase space without assumption we come back to previously known observational facts regarding clusters and associations, superclusters. In the 3-D position space, well known open clusters (Hyades, Coma Berenices and Ursa Major), associations (parts of the Scorpio-Centaurus association) as well as the Hyades evaporation track are retrieved. Three new probably loose clusters are identified (Bootes, Pegasus 1 and 2). The sample is relatively well mixed in the position space since less than 7 per cent of the stars belong to structures with coherent kinematics, most likely gravitationally bound. In the velocity space, the majority of large scale velocity structures ($\sigma$ ~ 6.3 $kms-1$) are Eggen's superclusters (Pleiades SCl, Hyades SCl and Sirius SCl) with the whole Centaurus association. A new supercluster-like structure is found with a mean velocity between the Sun and Sirius SCl velocities. These structures are all characterized by a large age range which reflects the overall sample age distribution. Moreover, a few old streams of ~ 2 Gyr are also extracted at this scale with high U components. We show that all these large velocity dispersion structures represent 46% of the sample. Smaller scales (σ~ 3.8 and 2.4 $kms-1$) reveal that superclusters are always substructured by 2 or more streams which generally exhibit a coherent age distribution. Percentages of stars in these streams are 38% and 18% respectively.

25 pages, Latex, 29 figures, 4 tables to be published in A&A Supplements Series

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