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人马座矮椭球星系中的富金属碳星

Metal-rich carbon stars in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal galaxy

Eric Lagadec, Albert A. Zijlstra, G. C. Sloan, Peter R. Wood, Mikako Matsuura, Jeronimo Bernard-Salas, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, M. -R. L. Cioni, M. W. Feast, M. A… 展开作者

Eric Lagadec, Albert A. Zijlstra, G. C. Sloan, Peter R. Wood, Mikako Matsuura, Jeronimo Bernard-Salas, J. A. D. L. Blommaert, M. -R. L. Cioni, M. W. Feast, M. A. T. Groenewegen, Sacha Hony, J. W. Menzies, J. Th. van Loon, P. A. Whitelock

摘要:

本文介绍了用\it斯皮策太空望远镜对人马座矮球状星系(Sgr dSph)中六颗富碳AGB星和两颗前景银河系碳星的光谱观测结果。观测到的C $_2$ H $_2$和SiC特征的能带强度与在银河系AGB星中观测到的非常相似。的金属度估计从乙炔光学深度和SiC功能的强度之间的经验关系。金属丰度高于大麦哲伦星云,接近银河系。虽然高金属丰度可能意味着大约1 Gyr的年龄,但对于尘埃AGB恒星,脉动周期表明年龄超过2或3 Gyr。我们用DUSTY辐射转移模型拟合了观测到的恒星的光谱,并确定它们的尘埃质量损失率在1.0- 3.3 $\times 10^{-8} $ M $_{\odot}$ yr $^{-1}$的范围内。银河系前景的两颗富碳AGB恒星位于太阳圈的远端,在银河系中心之外。这两颗星中的一颗在我们目前的本星系群样本中显示出最强的SiC特征。

英文摘要:

We present spectroscopic observations from the {\it Spitzer Space Telescope} of six carbon-rich AGB stars in the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy (Sgr dSph) and two foreground Galactic carbon stars. The band strengths of the observed C$_2$H$_2$ and SiC features are very similar to those observed in Galactic AGB stars. The metallicities are estimated from an empirical relation between the acetylene optical depth and the strength of the SiC feature. The metallicities are higher than those of the LMC, and close to Galactic values. While the high metallicity could imply an age of around 1 Gyr, for the dusty AGB stars, the pulsation periods suggest ages in excess of 2 or 3 Gyr. We fit the spectra of the observed stars using the DUSTY radiative transfer model and determine their dust mass-loss rates to be in the range 1.0--3.3$\times 10^{-8} $M$_{\odot}$yr$^{-1}$. The two Galactic foreground carbon-rich AGB stars are located at the far side of the solar circle, beyond the Galactic Centre. One of these two stars show the strongest SiC feature in our present Local Group sample.

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