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仙女座V矮球状星系中的恒星星族

Stellar Populations in the Andromeda V Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

Conor Mancone, Ata Sarajedini

摘要:

利用哈勃太空望远镜上的宽视场行星照相机2的档案图像,我们研究了本星系群矮球状仙女座V -M31的伴星系的恒星星族。色星等图(CMD)从第一个上升红巨星分支(RGB)顶端上方延伸到水平分支(HB)下方约一个星等。陡峭的定义明确的RGB是一个贫金属系统的指示,而HB主要是居住在RR Lyrant不稳定带的红色。以银河系球状星团基准序列为参考,采用E(B-V)= 0.16的红化后,计算出平均金属丰度[Fe/H] = -2.20 +/-0.15,距离(m-M)0 = 24.57 +/-0.04。这种金属丰度使And V在矮球状星系的绝对星等-金属丰度图中处于正位置.此外,如果我们将RGB星的整个误差校正颜色扩展归因于丰度扩展,我们估计And V星的金属丰度范围约为0.5 dex。我们对And V的变星群体的分析揭示了28个潜在变星的存在。其中,至少有10颗几乎可以肯定是基于时序测光的天琴座RR型星。

英文摘要:

Using archival imaging from the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, we investigate the stellar populations of the Local Group dwarf spheroidal Andromeda V - a companion satellite galaxy of M31. The color-magnitude diagram (CMD) extends from above the first ascent red giant branch (RGB) tip to approximately one magnitude below the horizontal branch (HB). The steep well-defined RGB is indicative of a metal-poor system while the HB is populated predominantly redward of the RR Lyrae instability strip. Utilizing Galactic globular cluster fiducial sequences as a reference, we calculate a mean metallicity of [Fe/H] = -2.20 +/- 0.15 and a distance of (m-M)0 = 24.57 +/- 0.04 after adopting a reddening of E(B-V) = 0.16. This metal abundance places And V squarely in the absolute magnitude - metallicity diagram for dwarf spheroidal galaxies. In addition, if we attribute the entire error-corrected color spread of the RGB stars to an abundance spread, we estimate a range of ~0.5 dex in the metallicities of And V stars. Our analysis of the variable star population of And V reveals the presence of 28 potential variables. Of these, at least 10 are almost certainly RR Lyrae stars based on their time sequence photometry.

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