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球状星团中另一个非分离的蓝离散星:NGC 2419

Another Non-segregated Blue Straggler Population in a Globular Cluster: the Case of NGC 2419

E. Dalessandro, B. Lanzoni, F. R. Ferraro, F. Vespe, M. Bellazzini, R. T. Rood, -

摘要:

为了研究遥远的银河系球状星团NGC 2419的整个延伸范围内的蓝离散星(BSS)种群,我们使用了ACS-HST高分辨率和宽视场SUBARU数据的组合。这里呈现的BSS人口是有史以来在任何恒星系统中观测到的最大的人口之一,在序列的最亮部分有超过230个BSS。选定的BSS的径向分布基本上是相同的,与其他集群的恒星。从这个意义上说,BSS的径向分布与半人马座欧米茄相似,而与迄今为止研究的所有银河系球状星团不同,后者具有高度中心分离的分布,并且在大多数情况下,在外部区域有明显的上升。与半人马座ω的情况一样,这些证据表明NGC 2419即使在中心区域也没有弛豫。这一观测事实与估计的半质量弛豫时间是一致的,这是星系团年龄的顺序。

英文摘要:

We have used a combination of ACS-HST high-resolution and wide-field SUBARU data in order to study the Blue Straggler Star (BSS) population over the entire extension of the remote Galactic globular cluster NGC 2419. The BSS population presented here is among the largest ever observed in any stellar system, with more than 230 BSS in the brightest portion of the sequence. The radial distribution of the selected BSS is essentially the same as that of the other cluster stars. In this sense the BSS radial distribution is similar to that of omega Centauri and unlike that of all Galactic globular clusters studied to date, which have highly centrally segregated distributions and, in most cases, a pronounced upturn in the external regions. As in the case of omega Centauri, this evidence indicates that NGC 2419 is not yet relaxed even in the central regions. This observational fact is in agreement with estimated half-mass relaxation time, which is of the order of the cluster age.

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