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球状星团中多个恒星星族的起源及其氦的富集

Origin of multiple stellar populations in globular clusters and their helium enrichment

Alvio Renzini

摘要:

提出的各种方案的起源的多个,氦丰富的人口在大规模的球状星团的关键相比,相关的约束性意见。在既存恒星吸积富氦物质、大质量AGB恒星或快速旋转大质量恒星喷出物形成恒星、以及第三星族恒星污染的情况下,只有AGB选项似乎是可行的。从外流盘中吸积或恒星形成将导致氦丰度的扩散,从而无法产生独特的、化学上均匀的子种群,如星团$ω$ Cen和NGC 2808中的子种群。第三星族恒星的污染将无法产生选择性地富含氦的子星族,但保持相同的重元素丰度。尽管如此,有人认为,要使AGB选项发挥作用,应该满足两个条件:i)AGB恒星经历热底部燃烧过程(即,那些比$\sim 3 \msun$更大的星系团)在到达AGB时应该迅速地喷射出它们的包层,因此只经历了几个三分之一的疏浚事件,和ii)具有多个氦富集群体的星系团应该是更大质量系统的残余物,例如有核矮星系,正如人们普遍认为的那样。

英文摘要:

The various scenarios proposed for the origin of the multiple, helium-enriched populations in massive globular clusters are critically compared to the relevant constraining observations. Among accretion of helium-rich material by pre-existing stars, star formation out of ejecta from massive AGB stars or from fast rotating massive stars, and pollution by Population III stars, only the AGB option appears to be viable. Accretion or star formation out of outflowing disks would result in a spread of helium abundances, thus failing to produce the distinct, chemically homogeneous sub-populations such as those in the clusters $ω$ Cen and NGC 2808. Pollution by Population III stars would fail to produce sub-populations selectively enriched in helium, but maintaining the same abundance of heavy elements. Still, it is argued that for the AGB option to work two conditions should be satisfied: i) AGB stars experiencing the hot bottom burning process (i.e., those more massive than $\sim 3 \msun$) should rapidly eject their envelope upon arrival on the AGB, thus experiencing just a few third dredge-up episodes, and ii) clusters with multiple, helium enriched populations should be the remnants of much more massive systems, such as nucleated dwarf galaxies, as indeed widely assumed.

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