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球状星团NGC 1904的全色研究。第一章:蓝色流浪者

A Panchromatic Study of the Globular Cluster NGC 1904. I: The Blue Straggler Population

B. Lanzoni, N. Sanna, F. R. Ferraro, E. Valenti, G. Beccari, R. P. Schiavon, R. T. Rood, M. Mapelli, S. Sigurdsson, -

摘要:

利用高分辨率(HST-WFPC-2)、宽视场(2. 2 mESO-WFI)地基观测和空间(GALEX)观测相结合的方法,收集了银河系球状星团NGC 1904(M79)的多波长测光数据库(从远紫外到近红外)。样本覆盖了整个星系团的延伸,从非常中心的区域到潮汐半径。在本文中,这样的数据集被用来研究BSS人口及其径向分布。总共有39个明亮的($m_{218}\le 19.5$)BSS已被检测到,他们已被发现是高度分离的集群核心。在NGC 1904的外围没有观察到BSS频率的显著上升,与用相同技术研究的其他星系团(M3,47 Tuc,NGC 6752,M5)形成对比。这些证据,加上NGC 1904的大半径回避($r_{avoid}\sim 30$核心半径),表明绝大多数星团重星(双星)已经沉入核心。因此,广泛的动力学模拟表明,BSS形成的原始双星的质量转移活动,在孤立的集群郊区的发展,代表只有一个可以忽略不计的(0- 10%)部分的总人口。

英文摘要:

By combining high-resolution (HST-WFPC2) and wide-field ground based (2.2m ESO-WFI) and space (GALEX) observations, we have collected a multi-wavelength photometric data base (ranging from the far UV to the near infrared) of the galactic globular cluster NGC1904 (M79). The sample covers the entire cluster extension, from the very central regions up to the tidal radius. In the present paper such a data set is used to study the BSS population and its radial distribution. A total number of 39 bright ($m_{218}\le 19.5$) BSS has been detected, and they have been found to be highly segregated in the cluster core. No significant upturn in the BSS frequency has been observed in the outskirts of NGC 1904, in contrast to other clusters (M 3, 47 Tuc, NGC 6752, M 5) studied with the same technique. Such evidences, coupled with the large radius of avoidance estimated for NGC 1904 ($r_{avoid}\sim 30$ core radii), indicate that the vast majority of the cluster heavy stars (binaries) has already sunk to the core. Accordingly, extensive dynamical simulations suggest that BSS formed by mass transfer activity in primordial binaries evolving in isolation in the cluster outskirts represent only a negligible (0--10%) fraction of the overall population.

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