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双星如何影响星团的动力学质量?

How do binaries affect the derived dynamical mass of a star cluster?

M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, R. de Grijs

摘要:

星团的动力学质量可以从维里定理中推导出来,使用测量的星团的半质量半径和视线速度色散。然而,如果不考虑双星轨道运动的贡献,这个动力学质量可能是对星团质量的一个显著高估。在这些会议记录中,我们描述了作为集群属性和二进制人口属性的函数的质量高估,并简要地触及选择效应的问题。我们发现,对于星系团的测量速度分散σ> 10公里/秒的双星的存在并不影响动力学质量显着。对于sigma < 1 km/s的集群(即,低密度星系团),双星对西格玛的贡献是显着的,并可能导致一个主要的动力学质量高估。二进制的存在可能会在log(L/Mdyn)与年龄图中引入Delta log(L/Mdyn)= 0.05-0.4的下移。

英文摘要:

The dynamical mass of a star cluster can be derived from the virial theorem, using the measured half-mass radius and line-of-sight velocity dispersion of the cluster. However, this dynamical mass may be a significant overestimation of the cluster mass if the contribution of the binary orbital motion is not taken into account. In these proceedings we describe the mass overestimation as a function of cluster properties and binary population properties, and briefly touch the issue of selection effects. We find that for clusters with a measured velocity dispersion of sigma > 10 km/s the presence of binaries does not affect the dynamical mass significantly. For clusters with sigma < 1 km/s (i.e., low-density clusters), the contribution of binaries to sigma is significant, and may result in a major dynamical mass overestimation. The presence of binaries may introduce a downward shift of Delta log(L/Mdyn) = 0.05-0.4 in the log(L/Mdyn) vs. age diagram.

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