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亮椭圆星系NGC 1600的星团系统

The star cluster system of the luminous elliptical galaxy NGC 1600

B. X. Santiago

摘要:

明亮的椭圆星系通常具有丰富的星团系统,其性质对星系形成和演化的物理过程提供了强有力的制约。然而,星团系统的研究集中在位于附近或丰富的星系团中的星系。我们获得了NGC 1600的深B和I图像,NGC 1600是一个星系群中的发光椭圆星系,用于研究其星团系统。这些图像是用SOAR望远镜的光学成像仪获得的。样本选择的不完整性被评估为幅度和图像背景水平的函数。测量了NGC 1600中心不同椭圆环的源计数,扣除背景,并拟合高斯函数。颜色分布推导出作为一个函数的galactocentric距离源成功地测量在两个过滤器。根据单颗恒星星族模型估算了典型年龄和金属丰度。在NGC 1600周围发现了明显过量的点源。源计数与其他发光椭圆星系的典型高斯分布一致。光度函数拟合提供了一个估计的密度的集群在不同的环,可以集成在立体角,导致估计的总人口N_{GC} ~ 2850星团。这产生了S_N ~ 1.6的特定频率。颜色分布显示出双峰性的暗示,特别是在距离中心约20 kpc处。在这个区域中的团簇可能与环或壳层扰动有关。最后,将候选星团与离散X射线源进行交叉相关,发现符合率约为40%,这些星团很可能是含有低质量X射线双星的球状星团。

英文摘要:

Luminous elliptical galaxies generally display a rich star cluster system, whose properties provide strong constraints on the physics of galaxy formation and evolution. Star cluster system studies, however, concentrate on galaxies located in nearby or rich galaxy clusters. We acquired deep B and I images of NGC 1600, a luminous elliptical in a galaxy group to study its star cluster system. The images were obtained with the Optical Imager at the SOAR telescope. The sample selection incompleteness was assessed as a function of magnitude and image background level. Source counts were measured for different elliptical annuli from the centre of NGC 1600, background subtracted, and fitted with a Gaussian function. Colour distributions were derived as a function of galactocentric distance for sources measured successfully in both filters. Typical ages and metallicities were estimated based on single stellar population models. A clear excess of point sources around NGC 1600 was found in relation to the nearby field. The source counts were consistent with a Gaussian distribution typical of other luminous ellipticals. The luminosity function fits provided an estimate of the density of clusters at the different annuli that could be integrated in solid angle, resulting in an estimated total population of N_{GC} ~ 2850 star clusters. This yielded a specific frequency of S_N ~ 1.6. The colour distributions show a hint of bimodality, especially at ~ 20 kpc from the centre. Clusters in this region may be associated with a ring or shell perturbation. Finally, the star cluster candidates were cross-correlated to discrete X-ray sources and a coincidence rate of ~ 40% was found. These are likely to be globular clusters harboring low-mass X-ray binaries.

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