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M31中的星团:I.年轻星系团的星表和研究

Star Clusters in M31: I. A Catalog and a Study of the Young Clusters

Nelson Caldwell, Paul Harding, Heather Morrison, James A. Rose, Ricardo Schiavon, Jeff Kriessler

摘要:

我们提出了一个更新的目录中的1300个对象在该领域的M31,包括670个可能的星团的各种类型。检查存档图像以确认可能的聚类分类,但大多数分类是基于在6.5 m MMT上使用Hectospec光纤定位器和摄谱仪拍摄的约1000个物体的光谱。本文详细分析了年轻团簇的光谱和图像。通过对140个年轻星系团的观测光谱和测光结果与模型光谱的比较,导出了它们的年龄、红化和质量。我们发现它们的质量高达10^5,中值为10^4太阳质量,中值年龄为0.25 Gyr。因此,这些星团的质量与大麦哲伦星系年轻的大质量星团相似,介于银河系疏散星团和M31球状星团以及银河系之间。大多数的M31年轻星团都具有银河系疏散星团典型的低浓度,我们预计它们中的大多数将在下一个Gyr中被破坏,但少数具有高浓度,可能会存活更长时间。年轻星团的空间分布与中红外辐射所描绘的恒星形成区域有很好的相关性。运动学分析同样证实了年轻星团与M31年轻盘的空间关联。

英文摘要:

We present an updated catalog of 1300 objects in the field of M31, including 670 likely star clusters of various types. Archival images were inspected to confirm cluster classifications where possible, but most of the classifications were based on spectra taken of ~1000 objects with the Hectospec fiber positioner and spectrograph on the 6.5m MMT. The spectra and images of young clusters are analyzed in detail in this paper. Ages, reddenings and masses of 140 young clusters are derived by comparing the observed spectra and photometry with model spectra. We find these to have masses as great as 10^5 with a median of 10^4 M_sun, and a median age of 0.25 Gyr. Thus these clusters are similar in mass to the LMC young massive clusters, and are in between Milky Way open clusters and the globulars of M31 and the Milky Way. Most of the M31 young clusters have the low concentration typical of Milky Way open clusters, and we expect that most of these will be disrupted in the next Gyr, but a few have high concentrations and will likely survive longer. The spatial distribution of the young clusters is well correlated with the star-forming regions as mapped out by mid-IR emission. A kinematic analysis likewise confirms the spatial association of the young clusters with the young disk in M31.

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