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红外老疏散星团LK1、LK10、FSR1521和FSR1555的年龄和结构研究

Investigating the age and structure of the infrared old open clusters LK1, LK10, FSR1521 and FSR1555

Charles Bonatto, Eduardo Bica

摘要:

几个质量减少过程的结合可能会严重影响疏散星团(OC)的结构,以至于大多数疏散星团在比$\approx1$ Gyr更短的时间尺度内溶解到磁场中。在这篇论文中,我们重点研究了4个候选的老星团,即LK 1,LK 10,FSR 1521和FSR 1555。为了分析目标星系团,我们构建了近红外色星等图(CMD)并推导出恒星径向密度剖面(RDPs)。使用2MASS \jj,\hh和\ks波段构建CMD,并通过应用场星去污算法揭示这些图中目标OC的内在形态。基本参数估计与帕多瓦等时线建立的2MASS滤波器。我们推导出适用于近红外分析的$3.4\le\aV\le8.9$范围内天体的年龄在$1.0 - 2.0$ Gyr以内,距太阳的距离在$1.4 - 4.5$ kpc以内。这些距离,结合天空中的位置,将目前的4个OC放置在太阳圈附近($\la0.6$ kpc)。对于LK 10,我们的测光达到了主序列关闭以下的深度$\approx3$ mags,与Salpeter值($χ=1.35$)相比,我们从中得出相对陡峭的质量函数斜率($χ=2.4\pm0.4$)。LK 10是一个相当大的老OC,质量在$1360\le m(\ms)\le4400$之内,对于观测星等范围内的恒星和外推到$0.08 \ms$的恒星。在限定的星等范围内,其余更远的OC的质量估计在$260\le m(\ms)\le380$范围内。然而,与LK 10的CMD形态和红色团块的相似性表明它们可能与LK 10一样大。

英文摘要:

(Abridged) - The combination of several mass-decreasing processes may critically affect the structure of open clusters (OCs), to the point that most dissolve into the field in a time-scale shorter than $\approx1$ Gyr. In this paper we focus on 4 candidate old star clusters, namely, LK 1, LK 10, FSR 1521, and FSR 1555. To analyse the target clusters we construct near infrared colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) and derive stellar radial density profiles (RDPs). The CMDs are constructed using 2MASS \jj, \hh, and \ks bands, and the intrinsic morphologies of the target OCs within these diagrams are revealed by applying a field-star decontamination algorithm. Fundamental parameters are estimated with Padova isochrones built for the 2MASS filters. We derive extinctions to the objects within the range $3.4\le\aV\le8.9$, which makes them suitable for the near-infrared analysis, ages within $1.0 - 2.0$ Gyr, and distances from the Sun within $1.4 - 4.5$ kpc. These distances, in conjunction with the positions in the sky, place the present 4 OCs close to the solar circle ($\la0.6$ kpc). For LK 10 our photometry reaches a depth $\approx3$ mags below the main sequence turn off, from which we derive a relatively steep mass function slope ($χ=2.4\pm0.4$) when compared to the Salpeter value ($χ=1.35$). LK 10 is a rather massive old OC, with a mass within $1360\le m(\ms)\le4400$, for stars in the observed magnitude range and the extrapolation to $0.08 \ms$, respectively. The mass estimated in the restricted magnitude range for the remaining, more distant OCs is within $260\le m(\ms)\le380$. However, similarity with the CMD morphology and red clump of LK 10 suggests that they may be as massive as LK 10.

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