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大质量年轻星团RSGC1中的冷超巨星

The cool supergiant population of the massive young star cluster RSGC1

Ben Davies, Don F. Figer, Casey J. Law, Rolf-Peter Kudritzki, Francisco Najarro, Artemio Herrero, John W. MacKenty

摘要:

我们提出了新的高分辨率近红外光谱和OH脉泽观测调查的年轻大质量星系团RSGC1的冷发光恒星的人口。使用2.293 \micron CO波段头功能,我们进行了高精度的径向速度测量的16个候选的17个红超巨星(RSG)确定的Figer等人。我们表明,F16和F17是前景星,而我们确认,其余的确实是物理相关的RSG。我们确定,恒星F15,也与集群,是一个黄色超巨星基于它的光度和光谱相似的$ρ$ Cas。利用星团的径向速度,我们推导出了到星团的运动学距离,并重新审视了恒星的温度和光度。我们发现了比发现论文中更大的光度分布,这与星团年龄比以前认为的要大30%(12 $\pm$ 2Myr)和总初始质量为$(3\pm1) \times 10^{4}$ \msun相一致。OH脉泽与F13的空间重合,加上相似的径向速度,是两者相关的令人信服的证据。结合最近的SiO和H $_2$ O脉泽观测结果,我们发现具有脉泽发射的恒星是星团中最亮的。由此我们认为,脉泽活跃阶段与RSG阶段的结束,当光度质量比是在他们的最高。

英文摘要:

We present new high-resolution near-IR spectroscopy and OH maser observations to investigate the population of cool luminous stars of the young massive Galactic cluster RSGC1. Using the 2.293\micron CO-bandhead feature, we make high-precision radial velocity measurements of 16 of the 17 candidate Red Supergiants (RSGs) identified by Figer et al. We show that F16 and F17 are foreground stars, while we confirm that the rest are indeed physically-associated RSGs. We determine that Star F15, also associated with the cluster, is a Yellow Hypergiant based on its luminosity and spectroscopic similarity to $ρ$ Cas. Using the cluster's radial velocity, we have derived the kinematic distance to the cluster and revisited the stars' temperatures and luminosities. We find a larger spread of luminosities than in the discovery paper, consistent with a cluster age 30% older than previously thought (12$\pm$2Myr), and a total initial mass of $(3\pm1) \times 10^{4}$\msun. The spatial coincidence of the OH maser with F13, combined with similar radial velocities, is compelling evidence that the two are related. Combining our results with recent SiO and H$_2$O maser observations, we find that those stars with maser emission are the most luminous in the cluster. From this we suggest that the maser-active phase is associated with the end of the RSG stage, when the luminosity-mass ratios are at their highest.

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