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双星是椭圆星系远紫外线过剩的来源

Binary Stars as the Source of the Far-UV Excess in Elliptical Galaxies

Zhanwen Han, Philipp Podsiadlowski, Anthony E. Lynas-Gray

摘要:

1969年,在椭圆星系中发现了远紫外线(UV)光谱中的过量光,这是一个重大的惊喜。虽然现在很清楚,这种紫外线过量是由没有大量富氢包层的老的热氦燃烧恒星而不是年轻恒星造成的,但它们的起源仍然是一个谜。在这里,我们表明,这些恒星最有可能失去了他们的信封,因为二元相互作用,类似于我们自己的银河系中的热亚矮星人口。这对于理解紫外线过剩和椭圆星系的演化具有重要意义。特别是,它意味着紫外线过量不是年龄的标志,因为已经假设以前,并预测,它不应该强烈依赖于人口的金属。

英文摘要:

The discovery of an excess of light in the far-ultraviolet (UV) spectrum in elliptical galaxies was a major surprise in 1969. While it is now clear that this UV excess is caused by an old population of hot helium-burning stars without large hydrogen-rich envelopes rather than young stars, their origin has remained a mystery. Here we show that these stars most likely lost their envelopes because of binary interactions, similar to the hot subdwarf population in our own Galaxy. This has major implications for understanding the evolution of the UV excess and of elliptical galaxies in general. In particular, it implies that the UV excess is not a sign of age, as had been postulated previously, and predicts that it should not be strongly dependent on the metallicity of the population.

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