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从单恒星星族模型计算球状星团的年龄、金属丰度和α元素丰度

The Age, Metallicity and Alpha-Element Abundance of Galactic Globular Clusters from Single Stellar Population Models

Jon T. Mendel, Robert N. Proctor, Duncan A. Forbes

摘要:

建立可靠的恒星星族参数可以测量是至关重要的河外天文学。银河GC提供了一个很好的媒介来测试单一恒星星族(SSP)模型的一致性,因为它们应该是我们对均匀(单一)恒星星族的最佳模拟。在这里,我们提出了年龄,金属丰度和$α$ -元素丰度测量的48个银河系球状星团(GC)确定的综合光谱使用舔指数和SSP模型从托马斯,马拉斯顿和科恩,Lee & Worthey和Vazdekis等人通过将我们的新测量结果与独立测定结果进行比较,我们能够评估这些SSP得出一致结果的能力-这是应用于像星系这样的异质恒星星族之前的一个关键要求。我们发现,金属丰度的测定是非常强大的,在这里检查的所有模型,包括一系列的增强方法显示出良好的协议。年龄和$α$元素丰度对于我们模型的一个子集是准确的,但需要注意的是,这些参数在银河系GC中的范围是有限的。我们能够表明,已公布的利克指数响应函数的应用程序与固定的丰度比模型,使我们能够测量合理的$α$元素丰度从各种模型。我们还研究了SSP模型预测的年龄-金属丰度和[ $α$ /Fe]-金属丰度关系,并讨论了不同模型水平分支形态对我们整体结果的可能影响。

英文摘要:

Establishing the reliability with which stellar population parameters can be measured is vital to extragalactic astronomy. Galactic GCs provide an excellent medium in which to test the consistency of Single Stellar Population (SSP) models as they should be our best analogue to a homogeneous (single) stellar population. Here we present age, metallicity and $α$-element abundance measurements for 48 Galactic globular clusters (GCs) as determined from integrated spectra using Lick indices and SSP models from Thomas, Maraston & Korn, Lee & Worthey and Vazdekis et al. By comparing our new measurements to independent determinations we are able to assess the ability of these SSPs to derive consistent results -- a key requirement before application to heterogeneous stellar populations like galaxies. We find that metallicity determinations are extremely robust, showing good agreement for all models examined here, including a range of enhancement methods. Ages and $α$-element abundances are accurate for a subset of our models, with the caveat that the range of these parameters in Galactic GCs is limited. We are able to show that the application of published Lick index response functions to models with fixed abundance ratios allows us to measure reasonable $α$-element abundances from a variety of models. We also examine the age-metallicity and [$α$/Fe]-metallicity relations predicted by SSP models, and characterise the possible effects of varied model horizontal branch morphology on our overall results.

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