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M31中明亮年轻星团的HST/WFPC2巡天。I. VdB0,一个在~= 2500万年前发现的大质量星团

A HST/WFPC2 survey of bright young clusters in M31. I. VdB0, a massive star cluster seen at ~= 25 Myr

S. Perina, P. Barmby, M. A. Beasley, M. Bellazzini, J. P. Brodie, D. Burstein, J. G. Cohen, L. Federici, F. Fusi Pecci, S. Galleti, P. W. Hodge, J. P. Huchra, M… 展开作者

S. Perina, P. Barmby, M. A. Beasley, M. Bellazzini, J. P. Brodie, D. Burstein, J. G. Cohen, L. Federici, F. Fusi Pecci, S. Galleti, P. W. Hodge, J. P. Huchra, M. Kissler-Patig, T. H. Puzia, J. Strader

摘要:

【目标】本文介绍了利用哈勃空间望远镜(HST)上的广角行星照相机2(WFPC 2)对M31中可能存在的年轻大质量球状星团进行的成像观测。我们在这里介绍了应用于所有调查数据的数据简化管道的详细信息,并描述了其在我们的目标中最亮的van den Bergh 0(VdB 0)的应用,作为测试案例。{方法。}通过色星等图(CMD)与理论等时线的比较,估算了星团的红化、年龄和金属丰度。{结果。}在最保守的假设下,VdB 0的恒星质量为M > 2.4 x 10^4 M_sun,但我们的最佳估计值在4-9 x 10^4 M_sun之间。VdB 0的CMD最好由具有太阳金属丰度和年龄= 2500万年的模型再现。现有数据明确排除了小于= 1200万年和大于= 6000万年的年龄。这个星团拥有数量可观的红色超级巨星(> 18),CMD与通常被归类为年轻球状星团的大麦云星团(如NGC 1850)非常相似。【结论】VdB 0比年龄相近的银河系疏散星团要亮得多(>~ 1等)。它现在的质量和半光半径(r_h=7.4 pc)更典型的暗淡球状星团,而不是疏散星团。然而,考虑到它在M31星盘内的位置,预计它将在未来的~ 4 Gyr内被动力学效应摧毁,特别是遭遇巨大的分子云。

英文摘要:

{Aims.} We introduce our imaging survey of possible young massive globular clusters in M31 performed with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We present here details of the data reduction pipeline that is being applied to all the survey data and describe its application to the brightest among our targets, van den Bergh 0 (VdB0), taken as a test case. {Methods.} The reddening, the age and the metallicity of the cluster are estimated by comparison of the observed Color Magnitude Diagram (CMD) with theoretical isochrones. {Results.} Under the most conservative assumptions the stellar mass of VdB0 is M > 2.4 x 10^4 M_sun, but our best estimates lie in the range ~ 4-9 x 10^4 M_sun. The CMD of VdB0 is best reproduced by models having solar metallicity and age = 25 Myr. Ages smaller than = 12 Myr and larger than = 60 Myr are clearly ruled out by the available data. The cluster has a remarkable number of Red Super Giants (> 18) and a CMD very similar to Large Magellanic Cloud clusters usually classified as young globulars such as NGC 1850, for example. {Conclusions.} VdB0 is significantly brighter (>~ 1 mag) than Galactic open clusters of similar age. Its present-day mass and half-light radius (r_h=7.4 pc) are more typical of faint globular clusters than of open clusters. However, given its position within the disk of M31 it is expected to be destroyed by dynamical effects, in particular by encounters with giant molecular clouds, within the next ~ 4 Gyr.

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