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球状星团中第二代星的性质

Properties of second generation stars in Globular Clusters

Eugenio Carretta, Angela Bragaglia, Raffaele G. Gratton, Sara Lucatello

摘要:

本文首次对19个银河系球状星团中1200多颗红巨星的GIRAFFE光谱进行了分析,研究了第二代恒星的化学组成及其与星系团整体参数的关系。我们确认,延长的Na-O的关系(污染,第二代人口的最显着的签名)是严格相关的水平分支(HB)的非常蓝(和热)的极端。长距离的引力关系似乎需要大质量和大尺寸的偏心轨道,使GC远离银河系的中心区域。我们可以根据化学成分将每个集群中的三个种群(原始,中间和极端)分开。在所有的GC中,我们观察到一个人口的原始组成,类似于场星的类似金属丰度。我们发现,在所有的GC的大部分(从50%到70%)的恒星属于中间组件。最后,极端的,非常贫氧的组成部分,观察优先在大规模的集群,但并不存在于所有的大规模GC。

英文摘要:

We present the first results from the analysis of GIRAFFE spectra of more than 1200 red giants stars in 19 Galactic Globular Clusters (GCs), to study the chemical composition of second generation stars and their link with global cluster parameters. We confirm that the extension of the Na-O anticorrelation (the most striking signature of polluted, second generation populations) is strictly related to the very blue (and hot) extreme of the Horizontal Branch (HB). Long anticorrelations seem to require large mass and large-sized, eccentric orbits, taking the GCs far away from the central regions of the Galaxy. We can separate three populations in each cluster (primordial, intermediate and extreme) based on the chemical composition. In all GCs we observe a population of primordial composition, similar to field stars of similar metallicity. We find that in all GCs the bulk (from 50 to 70%) of stars belong to the intermediate component. Finally, the extreme, very oxygen-poor component is observed preferentially in massive clusters, but is not present in all massive GCs.

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