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半人马座Omega Centauri和土卫47的相对距离

Relative distances of Omega Centauri and 47 Tucanae

G. Bono, P. B. Stetson, N. Sanna, A. Piersimoni, L. M. Freyhammer, Y. Bouzid, R. Buonanno, A. Calamida, F. Caputo, C. E. Corsi, A. Di Cecco, M. Dall'Ora, I. Fer… 展开作者

G. Bono, P. B. Stetson, N. Sanna, A. Piersimoni, L. M. Freyhammer, Y. Bouzid, R. Buonanno, A. Calamida, F. Caputo, C. E. Corsi, A. Di Cecco, M. Dall'Ora, I. Ferraro, G. Iannicola, M. Monelli, M. Nonino, L. Pulone, C. Sterken, J. Storm, T. Tuvikene, A. R. Walker

摘要:

我们提出了两个球状星团(GC):欧米茄Cen和47 Tuc精确的光学和近红外地基测光。这些光度星表在靠近尖端的红巨星分支(RGB)区域是无偏的。我们提供了RGB尖端(TRGB)星等的新估计-m_I(TRGB)=9.84+/-0.05,Omega Cen; m_I(TRGB)=9.46+/-0.06,47 Tuc-并使用这些来确定两个GC的相对距离。我们发现,基于TRGB,RR天琴座星和运动学距离的不同校准的距离比同意彼此在一个西格玛。绝对TRGB和RR天琴座距离模量在0.10- 0.15磁等范围内一致,而绝对运动距离模量小0.2- 0.3磁等。根据零年龄水平分支和白矮星拟合,到47 Tuc的绝对距离在0.1等之内,但它们比TRGB和RR天琴座距离小0.1- 0.3等。

英文摘要:

We present precise optical and near-infrared ground-based photometry of two Globular Clusters (GCs): Omega Cen and 47 Tuc. These photometric catalogs are unbiased in the Red Giant Branch (RGB) region close to the tip. We provide new estimates of the RGB tip (TRGB) magnitudes--m_I(TRGB)=9.84+/-0.05, Omega Cen; m_I(TRGB)=9.46+/-0.06, 47 Tuc--and use these to determine the relative distances of the two GCs. We find that distance ratios based on different calibrations of the TRGB, the RR Lyrae stars and kinematic distances agree with each other within one sigma. Absolute TRGB and RR Lyrae distance moduli agree within 0.10--0.15 mag, while absolute kinematic distance moduli are 0.2--0.3 mag smaller. Absolute distances to 47 Tuc based on the Zero-Age-Horizontal-Branch and on the white dwarf fitting agree within 0.1 mag, but they are 0.1--0.3 mag smaller than TRGB and RR Lyrae distances.

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