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S0星系NGC 7457的特殊球状星团系统

The Peculiar Globular Cluster System of the S0 Galaxy NGC 7457

Laura Chomiuk, Jay Strader, Jean Brodie

摘要:

介绍了S 0星系NGC 7457中球状星团的HST测光和Keck谱学。GC的V-I色星等图缺乏大多数早期类型星系中存在的明显双峰性;可能有大量的中间色天体。在13个光谱观察到的GC中,有两个异常富含金属,并具有明亮的[O III]发射线。我们的结论是,一个可能拥有行星状星云,另一个可能是超新星遗迹。这种发射线天体在中等年龄的恒星星族中应该比在老恒星族中更常见。因此,我们建议,除了典型的老富金属和老贫金属GC亚群,可能有第三个亚群的中间年龄。这样一个亚星群可能在2-3 Gyr前形成,与支配星系中心恒星星族的恒星形成事件相同。

英文摘要:

We present HST photometry and Keck spectroscopy of globular clusters (GCs) in the nearby S0 galaxy NGC 7457. The V-I color-magnitude diagram of GCs lacks the clear bimodality present in most early-type galaxies; there may be a significant population of intermediate-color objects. Of 13 spectroscopically-observed GCs, two are unusually metal-rich and feature bright [O III] emission lines. We conclude that one probably hosts a planetary nebula and the other a supernova remnant. Such emission line objects should be more common in an intermediate-age stellar population than in an old one. We therefore suggest that, in addition to the typical old metal-rich and old metal-poor GC subpopulations, there may be a third subpopulation of intermediate age. Such a subpopulation may have been formed ~2-3 Gyr ago, in the same star-forming event that dominates the stellar population of the center of the galaxy.

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