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NGC 1846年中期星团LMC中的AGB星

The AGB stars of the intermediate-age LMC cluster NGC 1846 Variability and age determination

T. Lebzelter, P. R. Wood

摘要:

目的:调查变异性和模拟的脉动行为的AGB变量在中年大麦哲伦星系团NGC 1846。研究方法:我们自己的光度监测已经与来自CAMO档案的数据相结合,以检测星团AGB恒星中的22个变量,并推导出脉动周期。根据团簇的全局参数,建立了考虑C/O比对大气结构影响的脉动模型。特别是,我们使用了不透明度适合O-丰富的恒星和碳星的脉动计算。结果:用质量约为1.8 M的AGB星$_{\sun}$拟合NGC 1846的PL图。我们发现,脉动的周期增加时,AGB星变成碳星。使用我们的样品的脉动行为所定义的AGB上的质量,我们得出了$1.4\times10^{9}$年的集群年龄。这是第一次从AGB恒星的变化性中推导出星团的年龄。碳星被证明是一个混合物的基本和第一泛频径向散射。

英文摘要:

Aims: To investigate variability and to model the pulsational behaviour of AGB variables in the intermediate-age LMC cluster NGC 1846. Methods: Our own photometric monitoring has been combined with data from the MACHO archive to detect 22 variables among the cluster's AGB stars and to derive pulsation periods. According to the global parameters of the cluster we construct pulsation models taking into account the effect of the C/O ratio on the atmospheric structure. In particular, we have used opacities appropriate for both O-rich stars and carbon stars in the pulsation calculations. Results: The observed P-L-diagram of NGC 1846 can be fitted using a mass of the AGB stars of about 1.8 M$_{\sun}$. We show that the period of pulsation is increased when an AGB star turns into a carbon star. Using the mass on the AGB defined by the pulsational behaviour of our sample we derive a cluster age of $1.4\times10^{9}$ years. This is the first time the age of a cluster has been derived from the variability of its AGB stars. The carbon stars are shown to be a mixture of fundamental and first overtone radial pulsators.

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