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狮子座II矮球状星系Local Group周围的宽视场巡天:恒星含量的空间分布

Wide-field Survey around Local Group Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Leo II: Spatial Distribution of Stellar Content

Yutaka Komiyama, Mamoru Doi, Hisanori Furusawa, Masaru Hamabe, Katsumi Imi, Masahiko Kimura, Satoshi Miyazaki, Fumiaki Nakata, Norio Okada, Sadanori Okamura, Ma… 展开作者

Yutaka Komiyama, Mamoru Doi, Hisanori Furusawa, Masaru Hamabe, Katsumi Imi, Masahiko Kimura, Satoshi Miyazaki, Fumiaki Nakata, Norio Okada, Sadanori Okamura, Masami Ouchi, Maki Sekiguchi, Kazuhiro Shimasaku, Masafumi Yagi, Naoki Yasuda

摘要:

我们进行了一个宽视场的V,I成像调查本集团矮球状星系狮子座II使用斯巴鲁总理焦点相机上的8.2米斯巴鲁望远镜。这次巡天覆盖了26.67 x 26.67弧分^[2]的区域,远远超出了狮子座II的潮汐半径(8.63弧分),直到极限星等V~26,比狮子座II主序星的转折点大约深1等。明亮和暗淡的红巨星分支(RGB)恒星的径向数密度分布被发现改变其斜率在潮汐半径附近,并延伸到潮汐半径以外的较浅的斜率。狮子座II平滑的表面亮度图表明,在潮汐半径之外存在一个小的球状星团光度子结构。利用色星等图研究了恒星星族的性质。水平分支(HB)形态指数显示出一个径向梯度,其中红色HB星比蓝色HB星更集中,这是许多本星系群矮球状星系所共有的。平均RGB序列周围的RGB恒星的颜色分布显示出中心比外围更大的色散,表明中心的恒星星族和外围更均匀的恒星族混合。基于亚巨星分支(SGB)恒星的年龄估计,我们发现,虽然主要的恒星形成发生在~8 Gyr前,一个相当大的恒星星族年轻于8 Gyr的中心被发现,这样一个年轻的人口是微不足道的外围。

英文摘要:

We carried out a wide-field V, I imaging survey of the Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxy Leo II using the Subaru Prime Focus Camera on the 8.2-m Subaru Telescope. The survey covered an area of 26.67 x 26.67 arcmin^2, far beyond the tidal radius of Leo II (8.63 arcmin), down to the limiting magnitude of V ~26, which is roughly 1 mag deeper than the turn-off point of the main sequence stars of Leo II. Radial number density profiles of bright and faint red giant branch (RGB) stars were found to change their slopes at around the tidal radius, and extend beyond the tidal radius with shallower slopes. A smoothed surface brightness map of Leo II suggests the existence of a small substructure of globular cluster luminosity beyond the tidal radius. We investigated the properties of the stellar population by means of the color-magnitude diagram. The horizontal branch (HB) morphology index shows a radial gradient in which red HB stars are more concentrated than blue HB stars, which is common to many Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies. The color distribution of RGB stars around the mean RGB sequence shows a larger dispersion at the center than in the outskirts, indicating a mixture of stellar populations at the center and a more homogeneous population in the outskirts. Based on the age estimation using subgiant branch (SGB) stars, we found that although the major star formation took place ~8 Gyr ago, a considerable stellar population younger than 8 Gyr is found at the center; such a younger population is insignificant in the outskirts.

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