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外星系晕中的球状星团:AM-1和Palomar 14

Globular Clusters in the Outer Galactic Halo: AM-1 and Palomar 14

Aaron Dotter, Ata Sarajedini, Soung-Chul Yang

摘要:

AM-1,约120千秒差距,和AM 14,约70千秒差距,是两个已知的最遥远的银河系球状星团。我们提出了哈勃空间望远镜WFPC 2测光的AM-1和AM 14,揭示了前所未有的深度和细节,在这两个集群的颜色星等图。绝对和相对年龄测量证实,两者都比内晕球状星团M 3年轻1.5-2 Gyr,假设所有三个星团都有相似的成分。因此,AM-1和AM 14加入了AM 3、AM 4和波江座(由Stetson等人研究)。作为遥远的银河系球状星团与红色的水平分支和年轻的年龄相对于内晕。在第二参数球状星团年龄的整个研究领域内,观察到的年龄和水平分支形态之间的相关性表明,年龄是第二参数的最佳候选者。然而,这一结论是缓和的第二参数球状星团的一个重要部分缺乏精确的化学丰度测定。

英文摘要:

AM-1, at ~120 kpc, and Pal 14, at ~70 kpc, are two of the most distant Galactic globular clusters known. We present Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 photometry of AM-1 and Pal 14 that reveals unprecedented depth and detail in the color-magnitude diagrams of these two clusters. Absolute and relative age measurements confirm that both are younger than the inner halo globular cluster M 3 by 1.5-2 Gyr, assuming all three clusters have similar compositions. Thus AM-1 and Pal 14 join Pal 3, Pal 4, and Eridanus (studied by Stetson et al.) as distant Galactic globular clusters with red horizontal branches and young ages relative to the inner halo. Within the context of the entire body of research on the ages of second parameter globular clusters, the observed correlation between age and horizontal branch morphology suggests that age is the best candidate for the second parameter. However, this conclusion is tempered by the lack of precise chemical abundance determinations for a significant fraction of second parameter globular clusters.

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