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低金属丰度环境中的大规模B型反应器

Massive B-type pulsators in low-metallicity environments

C. Karoff, T. Arentoft, L. Glowienka, C. Coutures, T. B. Nielsen, G. Dogan, F. Grundahl, H. Kjeldsen

摘要:

大质量的B型变星,如β Cep和缓慢脉动B(SPB)星,由于部分电离导致的不透明度增加而脉动。增加的不透明度阻挡了恒星表面的能量流,这导致了层的上升和不透明度的下降。这种周期性的行为使恒星充当一个热机,因此恒星会脉动。对于β Cep和SPB星,增加的不透明度被认为是由铁的部分电离引起的,因此这些恒星应该含有非微不足道的金属量。这个理论的一个很好的测试是在低金属量环境中寻找β Cep和SPB恒星。如果没有恒星被发现,理论是支持的,但另一方面,如果大量的β Cep和SPB恒星被发现在这些环境中,那么理论是不支持的,需要一个解决方案。随着在低金属丰度的麦哲伦星云中发现越来越多的β Cep和SPB恒星,我们似乎只剩下第二种情况。在这方面,我们将讨论最近发现的β Cep和SPB恒星在麦哲伦星云和一些可能的解决方案,这些意见和理论之间的差异。我们还描述了一个雄心勃勃的项目,我们已经开始对小麦哲伦星云疏散星团NGC 371,这将有助于评估这些解决方案。

英文摘要:

Massive B type pulsators such as beta Cep and slowly pulsating B (SPB) stars pulsate due to layers of increased opacity caused by partial ionization. The increased opacity blocks the energy flux to the surface of the stars which causes the layers to rise and the opacity to drop. This cyclical behavior makes the star act as a heat engine and the star will thus pulsate. For beta Cep and SPB stars the increased opacity is believed to be caused by partial ionization of iron and these stars should therefore contain non-insignificant quantities of the metal. A good test of this theory is to search for beta Cep and SPB stars in low-metallicity environments. If no stars are found the theory is supported, but on the other hand if a substantial number of beta Cep and SPB stars are found in these environments then the theory is not supported and a solutions needed. With a growing number of identified beta Cep and SPB stars in the low-metallicity Magellanic Clouds we seem to be left with the second case. We will in this context discuss recent findings of beta Cep and SPB stars in the Magellanic Clouds and some possible solutions to the discrepancy between these observations and the theory. We also describe an ambitious project that we have initiated on the Small Magellanic Cloud open cluster NGC 371 which will help to evaluate these solutions.

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