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MSX在“中间”和“外部”银河系凸起中探测到的高质量损失AGB星

High mass-loss AGB stars detected by MSX in the "intermediate" and "outer" Galactic bulge

D. K. Ojha, A. Tej, M. Schultheis, A. Omont, F. Schuller

摘要:

我们对银河系球丘(|l| < 3度,1度< |b| < 5度)中的MSX点源进行了研究,在A、C、D和E波段(8到21微米)观测,总面积约为48度^[2]。我们讨论了MSX源(主要是AGB星)的性质,它们的光度,星际消光,质量损失率分布和总的质量损失率在隆起。将MSX点源的MIR数据与2 MASS调查的NIR(J,H和Ks)数据进行了组合。交叉识别仅限于Ks <= 11 mag的KS波段探测源。然而,对于不满足此标准的MSX D波段亮源([D] < 4.0 mag),我们没有设置KS波段震级截止值。Mdot和(Ks-[15])0之间的关系用于推导每个MSX源在隆起场中的质量损失率。除了极少数的post-AGB星,PNe和OH/IR星外,在15微米(MSX D波段)检测到的大部分源都是远高于RGB尖端的AGB星。其中有许多在([A]-[D])0和(Ks-[D])0颜色中显示出过量,这是质量损失的特征。这些颜色,特别是(Ks-[D])0,能够估计在10^{-7}到10^{-4} Msun/yr范围内的隆起场中源的质量损失率(Mdot)。考虑到质量损失率箱的完整性,我们发现,对综合质量损失的贡献可能主要由大于3 × 10 ^{-7} Msun/yr的质量损失率决定,在质量损失率Mdot > 3 × 10 ^{-7} Msun/yr的源的“中间”和“外部”隆起场中,其贡献约为1.96 × 10 ^{-4} Msun/yr/deg^2。相应的每单位恒星质量的综合质量损失率为0.48x10^{-11} yr^{-1}。此外,本文还讨论了各种MIR和NIR CC和CM图,以研究MSX球场中恒星星族的性质。

英文摘要:

We present a study of MSX point sources in the Galactic bulge (|l| < 3 deg, 1 deg < |b| < 5 deg), observed at A, C, D and E-band (8 to 21 micron), with a total area ~ 48 deg^2. We discuss the nature of the MSX sources (mostly AGB stars), their luminosities, the interstellar extinction, the mass-loss rate distribution and the total mass-loss rate in the bulge. The MIR data of MSX point sources have been combined with the NIR (J, H and Ks) data of 2MASS survey. The cross-identification was restricted to Ks-band detected sources with Ks <= 11 mag. However, for those bright MSX D-band sources ([D] < 4.0 mag), which do not satisfy this criteria, we have set no Ks-band magnitude cut off. The relation between Mdot and (Ks-[15])0 was used to derive the mass-loss rate of each MSX source in the bulge fields. Except for very few post-AGB stars, PNe and OH/IR stars, a large fraction of the detected sources at 15 micron (MSX D-band) are AGB stars well above the RGB tip. A number of them show an excess in ([A]-[D])0 and (Ks-[D])0 colours, characteristic of mass-loss. These colours, especially (Ks-[D])0, enable estimation of the mass-loss rates (Mdot) of the sources in the bulge fields which range from 10^{-7} to 10^{-4} Msun/yr. Taking into consideration the completeness of the mass-loss rate bins, we find that the contribution to the integrated mass-loss is probably dominated by mass-loss rates larger than 3x10^{-7} Msun/yr and is about 1.96 x 10^{-4} Msun/yr/deg^2 in the "intermediate" and "outer" bulge fields of sources with mass-loss rates, Mdot > 3x10^{-7} Msun/yr. The corresponding integrated mass-loss rate per unit stellar mass is 0.48x10^{-11} yr^{-1}. Apart from this, the various MIR and NIR CC and CM diagrams are discussed in the paper to study the nature of the stellar population in the MSX bulge fields.

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