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用PNe的SALT光谱研究人马座dSph的金属丰度极值

The metallicity extremes of the Sagittarius dSph using SALT spectroscopy of PNe

A. Kniazev, A. Zijlstra, E. Grebel, L. Pilyugin, S. Pustilnik, P. Vaisanen, D. Buckley, Y. Hashimoto, N. Loaring, E. Romero, M. Still, E. B. Burgh, K. Nordsieck

摘要:

在这项工作中,我们提出的第一个光谱结果与南部非洲大望远镜(SALT)望远镜在其性能验证阶段。我们发现人马座矮椭球星系(Sgr)Sgr包含一个最年轻的恒星星族,[O/H]=-0.2,年龄t>1 Gyr,和一个最古老的恒星族,[O/H]=-2.0。这些值是基于两个行星状星云(PNe)的光谱,使用经验丰度测定。计算了O、N、Ne、Ar、S、Cl、Fe、C和He的丰度。我们确认PN Stadium 2 -21的高丰度为12+log(O/H)= 8.57+/-0.02 dex。另一个被研究的PN,BoBn 1,是一个非凡的物体,因为氖的丰度超过了氧。BoBn 1中S、Ar和Cl的丰度为原始恒星金属丰度,相当于12+log(O/H)= 6.72+/-0.16 dex,是太阳值的1/110。实际的[O/H]要高得多:第三次挖掘使材料的氧富集了约12倍,氮富集了约240倍,氖富集了约70倍。氖以及氮和氧的含量可能已经在低质量AGB星的壳层间产生。明确定义的宽WR线存在于Styrene 2 -21的光谱中,而不存在于BoBn 1的光谱中。这使得[WR]型中央PNe恒星的比例为dSph星系的67%。

英文摘要:

In this work we present the first spectroscopic results obtained with the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) telescope during its perfomance-verification phase. We find that the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy (Sgr) Sgr contains a youngest stellar population with [O/H] -0.2 and age t>1 Gyr, and an oldest population with [O/H]=-2.0. The values are based on spectra of two planetary nebulae (PNe), using empirical abundance determinations. We calculated abundances for O, N, Ne, Ar, S, Cl, Fe, C and He. We confirm the high abundances of PN StWr2-21 with 12+log(O/H) = 8.57+/-0.02 dex. The other PN studied, BoBn1, is an extraordinary object in that the neon abundance exceeds that of oxygen. The abundances of S, Ar and Cl in BoBn1 yield the original stellar metallicity, corresponding to 12+log(O/H) = 6.72+/-0.16 dex which is 1/110 of the solar value. The actual [O/H] is much higher: third dredge-up enriched the material by a factor of ~12 in oxygen, ~240 in nitrogen and ~70 in neon. Neon as well as nitrogen and oxygen content may have been produced in the intershell of low-mass AGB stars. Well defined broad WR lines are present in the spectrum of StWr2-21 and absent in the spectrum of BoBn1. This puts the fraction of [WR]-type central PNe stars to 67% for dSph galaxies.

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