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年轻大质量星团NGC 1569-B的剖析

Anatomy of a Young Massive Star Cluster: NGC 1569-B

S. S. Larsen, L. Origlia, J. P. Brodie, J. S. Gallagher

摘要:

我们提出了新的H波段阶梯光栅光谱,获得与NIRSPEC摄谱仪在凯克II,大质量星团“B”在附近的矮不规则星系NGC 1569。从光谱合成和等效宽度测量,我们得到的丰度和丰度模式。我们得到的Fe丰度为[Fe/H]=-0.63+/-0.08,超太阳[alpha/Fe]丰度比为+0.31+/-0.09,O丰度为[O/H]=-0.29+/-0.07。我们还测量到低的12 C/13 C = 5+/-1同位素比。利用HST上高级巡天照相机的存档成像,我们为该星团构建了一个颜色星等图(CMD),其中我们识别了大约60颗红超巨星(RSG),与H波段光谱中看到的强RSG特征一致。这些RSG的平均有效温度,从它们的观测颜色和加权的估计H-带光度,是3790 K,在极好的协议与我们的光谱估计Teff = 3800+/-200 K。根据CMD,我们得出的年龄为1500 - 2500万年,比以前基于综合宽带颜色的估计略老。我们得到的径向速度为-78+/-3 km/s和速度色散为9.6+/-0.3 km/s。结合从HST数据中估计的0.20”+/-0.05”的半光半径,这导致动力学质量为(4.4+/-1.1 E5 Msun。动力学质量与简单的恒星星族模型对这个年龄和光度的星团所预测的质量非常吻合,假设是一个正常的恒星IMF。在较长的波长下,星团核心的半径似乎较小,这是以前在其他河外年轻星团中发现的。

英文摘要:

We present new H-band echelle spectra, obtained with the NIRSPEC spectrograph at Keck II, for the massive star cluster "B" in the nearby dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 1569. From spectral synthesis and equivalent width measurements we obtain abundances and abundance patterns. We derive an Fe abundance of [Fe/H]=-0.63+/-0.08, a super-solar [alpha/Fe] abundance ratio of +0.31+/-0.09, and an O abundance of [O/H]=-0.29+/-0.07. We also measure a low 12C/13C = 5+/-1 isotopic ratio. Using archival imaging from the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board HST, we construct a colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) for the cluster in which we identify about 60 red supergiant (RSG) stars, consistent with the strong RSG features seen in the H-band spectrum. The mean effective temperature of these RSGs, derived from their observed colours and weighted by their estimated H-band luminosities, is 3790 K, in excellent agreement with our spectroscopic estimate of Teff = 3800+/-200 K. From the CMD we derive an age of 15-25 Myr, slightly older than previous estimates based on integrated broad-band colours. We derive a radial velocity of -78+/-3 km/s and a velocity dispersion of 9.6+/-0.3 km/s. In combination with an estimate of the half-light radius of 0.20"+/-0.05" from the HST data, this leads to a dynamical mass of (4.4+/-1.1)E5 Msun. The dynamical mass agrees very well with the mass predicted by simple stellar population models for a cluster of this age and luminosity, assuming a normal stellar IMF. The cluster core radius appears smaller at longer wavelengths, as has previously been found in other extragalactic young star clusters.

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