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椭圆星系中球状星团与恒星晕的定量联系

A Quantitative Link Between Globular Clusters and the Stellar Halos in Elliptical Galaxies

J. C. Forte, F. R. Faifer, D. Geisler

摘要:

本文探讨了球状星团与其所属星系的弥散恒星星族之间的定量关系。NGC 1399和NGC 4486(M87)都非常适合这种分析,因为它们的球状星团数量很大。我们的Monte Carlo模型的主要假设是,每个球状星团都是与一个具有相同空间分布、化学成分和年龄的弥散恒星质量一起形成的。主要的球状星团子群,确定所观察到的双峰颜色分布,分解避免先验参数(如高斯)拟合和使用一个新的颜色(C-T1)金属丰度关系。最后还讨论了蓝球状星团亚群的彩色星等图中的蓝色倾斜的可探测性。通过假设每个相关弥散恒星质量t的球状星团数量是总丰度[Z/H]的函数,并表现为t=gamma*exp(delta[Z/H])(即当丰度降低时增加),建立了球状星团和恒星星系晕之间的成功联系。

英文摘要:

This paper explores the quantitative connection between globular clusters and the diffuse stellar population of the galaxies they are associated with. Both NGC 1399 and NGC 4486 (M87) are well suited for this kind of analysis due to their large globular cluster populations. The main assumption of our Monte Carlo based models is that each globular cluster is formed along with a given diffuse stellar mass that shares the same spatial distribution, chemical composition and age. The main globular clusters subpopulations, that determine the observed bimodal colour distribution, are decomposed avoiding a priori parametric (e.g. Gaussian) fits and using a new colour (C-T1)-metallicity relation. The eventual detectability of a blue tilt in the colour magnitude diagrams of the blue globulars subpopulation is also addressed. A successful link between globular clusters and the stellar galaxy halo is established by assuming that the number of globular clusters per associated diffuse stellar mass t is a function of total abundance [Z/H] and behaves as t=gamma*exp(delta[Z/H]) (i.e. increases when abundance decreases).

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