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球状星团M2的多波长测光

Multiwavelength photometry in the Globular Cluster M2

E. Dalessandro, G. Beccari, B. Lanzoni, F. R. Ferraro, R. Schiavon, R. T. Rood

摘要:

本文对球状星团M2进行了多波长光度分析。该数据集是通过将高分辨率(HST/WFPC 2和ACS)和宽视场(GALEX)空间观测与地面(MEGACAM-CFHT、EMMI-NTT)图像相结合而获得的。测光样本覆盖了整个星系团的延伸,从非常中心的区域到潮汐半径和更远的区域。它允许一个准确的确定集群的重心和其他结构参数来自恒星计数密度分布。此外,我们还研究了BSS种群及其径向分布。总共选择了123个BSS,并且发现它们的径向分布是双峰的(在中心高度峰值,在中间半径处减小并向外升高),正如已经在许多其他集群中发现的那样。BSS分布的最小值的径向位置与大质量天体在星团年龄上的动力学摩擦所引起的回避半径是一致的。我们还搜索了红巨星分支(RGB)和渐近巨星分支(AGB)种群的梯度。在$2σ$水平上,我们发现在核心半径内有过多的AGB星,证实了Sohn等人的结果。(1996)M2的中心区域比外部更蓝。我们发现,后者是由于在中心区域非常明亮的RGB恒星的赤字。

英文摘要:

We present a multiwavelength photometric analysis of the globular cluster M2. The data-set has been obtained by combining high-resolution (HST/WFPC2 and ACS) and wide-field (GALEX) space observations and ground based (MEGACAM-CFHT, EMMI-NTT) images. The photometric sample covers the entire cluster extension from the very central regions up to the tidal radius and beyond. It allows an accurate determination of the cluster center of gravity and other structural parameters derived from the star count density profile. Moreover we study the BSS population and its radial distribution. A total of 123 BSS has been selected, and their radial distribution has been found to be bimodal (highly peaked in the center, decreasing at intermediate radii and rising outward), as already found in a number of other clusters. The radial position of the minimum of the BSS distribution is consistent with the radius of avoidance caused by the dynamical friction of massive objects over the cluster age. We also searched for gradients in the red giant branch (RGB) and the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) populations. At the $2σ$ level we found an overabundance of AGB stars within the core radius and confirmed the result of Sohn et al.(1996) that the central region of M2 is bluer than the outer part. We show that the latter is due to a deficit of very luminous RGB stars in the central region.

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