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M82的HST/ACS成像:年轻核团和年老盘团质量和尺寸分布函数的比较

HST/ACS imaging of M82: A comparison of mass and size distribution functions of the younger nuclear and older disk clusters

Y. D. Mayya, R. Romano, L. H. Rodriguez-Merino, A. Luna, L. Carrasco, D. Rosa-Gonzalez

摘要:

我们介绍了对当前活跃的核星暴区域和M82星暴后盘面中的星团进行客观搜索获得的结果。使用F435 W(B)、F555 W(V)和F814 W(I)滤波器中的HST/ACS获得的图像用于搜索簇。我们检测到653个星团,其中393个位于M82星爆后星盘中心450 pc之外。在B=22 mag(M_B=-5.8)时,星系团的光度函数有明显的变化,我们从蒙特卡罗模拟中解释这是由于对微弱星系团的探测不完全,而不是一个内在的对数正态分布。我们从简单的恒星星族模型中推导出每个探测到的星团的光度质量,假设平均年龄为8百万年(核星团)或1亿年(盘星团)。盘(较老)和核(较年轻)星系团的质量函数遵循幂律,前者比后者稍微平坦(α = 1.8 +/-0.1)。亮于视翻转星等(质量> 2 E +4 Mo)的团簇的大小分布(半高宽)可用对数正态函数描述。对于质量大于1 E +5 Mo的星系团,该函数在10 pc处达到峰值,而对于较低的质量,该峰值对于较年轻的星系团略微偏移到较大的值,而对于较老的星系团则偏移到较小的值。所观察到的趋势扁平的质量函数与年龄,再加上一个过度丰富的老年紧凑的集群,意味着集群破坏M82都依赖于集群的质量和大小。

英文摘要:

We present the results obtained from an objective search for stellar clusters, both in the currently active nuclear starburst region, and in the post-starburst disk of M82. Images obtained with the HST/ACS in F435W(B), F555W(V), and F814W(I) filters were used in the search for the clusters. We detected 653 clusters of which 393 are located outside the central 450 pc in the post-starburst disk of M82. The luminosity function of the detected clusters show an apparent turnover at B=22 mag (M_B=-5.8), which we interpret from Monte Carlo simulations as due to incompleteness in the detection of faint clusters, rather than an intrinsic log-normal distribution. We derived a photometric mass of every detected cluster from models of simple stellar populations assuming a mean age of either an 8 (nuclear clusters) or 100 (disk clusters) million years old. The mass functions of the disk (older) and the nuclear (younger) clusters follow power-laws, the former being marginally flatter (alpha=1.5+/-0.1) than the latter (alpha=1.8+/-0.1). The distribution of sizes (Full Width at Half Maximum) of clusters brighter than the apparent turn-over magnitude (mass>2E+4 Mo) can be described by a log-normal function. This function peaks at 10 pc for clusters more massive than 1E+5 Mo, whereas for lower masses, the peak is marginally shifted to larger values for the younger, and smaller values for the older clusters. The observed trend towards flattening of the mass function with age, together with an over-abundance of older compact clusters, imply that cluster disruption in M82 is both dependent on the mass and size of the clusters.

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