The Gould Belt

the Gould Belt vs. the Galactic disc

We present new population synthesis calculations of close young neutron stars. In comparison with our previous investigation we use a different neutron star mass spectrum and different initial spatial and velocity distributions. The results confirm that most of ROSAT dim radioquiet isolated neutron stars had their origin in the Gould Belt. Several tens of young neutron stars can be identified i...

Kinematic Peculiarities of Gould Belt Starsv

Vertical motion and expansion of the Gould Belt

The kinematics of the Gould Belt is considered taking into account its orientation in space and the motions of its member stars parallel and perpendicular to the galactic plane. An analysis of Hipparcos data for these stars, complemented with published radial velocities, shows that there is a mild gradient along the galactic plane in the velocity component perpendicular to it. The maintenance o...

The Gould Belt, star formation, and the local interstellar medium

The history of the local medium, within a few hundred parsecs, is dominated by the evolution of the Gould Belt. The event that triggered this star-forming region and molded the gas distribution is still unknown. Its orientation and extent are reasonably well determined and its expansion matches the space and velocity distributions of many large HI and H2 clouds within half a kiloparsec. The pre...

Young isolated neutron stars from the Gould Belt

The origin of the local population of young, cooling neutron stars is investigated with a population synthesis model taking into account the contribution of neutron stars born in the Gould Belt, in addition to those originating in the Galactic disk. We estimate their emission in the soft X-ray band as a function of distance and age and construct the Log N – Log S distribution. It is shown that ...