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草帽星系球状星团质量函数的密度依赖性及其动力学意义

Density Dependence of the Mass Function of Globular Star Clusters in the Sombrero Galaxy and its Dynamical Implications

Rupali Chandar, S. Michael Fall, Dean E. McLaughlin

摘要:

我们构造了草帽星系中球状星团在不同内部半质量密度rho_h和投影银河中心距离R的仓中的质量函数。这是基于Spitler等人(2006)在HST上使用ACS拍摄的BVR图像中发布的星团大小和有效半径的测量结果。我们发现质量函数M_p的峰值随rho_h的增大而增大约4倍,但随R的增大而几乎保持不变。我们的结果与McLaughlin & Fall(2007)最近提出的银河系球状星团的结果几乎相同。在这两个星系的质量函数同意一个简单的,近似的模型,在该模型中的集群形式与Schechter初始质量函数和演化随后由内部两体弛豫驱动的恒星逃逸。因此,这些发现推翻了最近的主张,即球状星团的质量函数的峰值必须建立在初始条件中。

英文摘要:

We have constructed the mass function of globular star clusters in the Sombrero galaxy in bins of different internal half-mass density rho_h and projected galactocentric distance R. This is based on the published measurements of the magnitudes and effective radii of the clusters by Spitler et al. (2006) in BVR images taken with the ACS on HST. We find that the peak of the mass function M_p increases with rho_h by a factor of about 4 but remains nearly constant with R. Our results are almost identical to those presented recently by McLaughlin & Fall (2007) for globular clusters in the Milky Way. The mass functions in both galaxies agree with a simple, approximate model in which the clusters form with a Schechter initial mass function and evolve subsequently by stellar escape driven by internal two-body relaxation. These findings therefore undermine recent claims that the present peak of the mass function of globular clusters must have been built into the initial conditions.

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