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球状星团的氦含量:轻元素丰度相关和HB形态。I. NGC6752

The Helium content of Globular Clusters: light element abundance correlations and HB morphology. I. NGC6752

S. Villanova, G. Piotto, R. G. Gratton

摘要:

氦被认为是解释球状星团(GC)中观测到的多个主序(MS)、次巨星支(SGB)和红巨星支(RGB)以及复杂水平支(HB)形态的关键元素。然而,到目前为止,还没有在合适的GC星(8500<Teff<11500 K)中直接测量He,以验证这一假设。我们研究了GC NGC 6752中7颗热蓝水平支星(Teff<11500 K)的氦含量。此外,还测定了Fe、Cr、Si、Ti、O、Na和Ba的丰度。我们只能测量温度高于Teff=8500 K的恒星的He丰度。我们所有的可测量He的目标都是零年龄HB(ZAHB)天体,结果表明具有均匀的He含量,平均值为Y=0.245+-0.012,与宇宙原始He含量的最新测量值(Y~0.25)相一致。整个恒星样本的金属丰度为[Fe/H]=-1.56+-0.03和[alpha/Fe]=+0.21+-0.03。我们的HB目标显示出在TO-SGB-RGB恒星中识别出的相同的Na-O关系。这是第一次直接测量的He丰度的一个有意义的样品GC星的温度制度中,他的内容是不改变沉降处理或极端混合建议的最热的,晚氦闪烁HB星。

英文摘要:

Helium has been proposed as the key element to interpret the observed multiple main sequences (MS), subgiant branches (SGB) and red giant branches (RGB), as well as the complex horizontal branch (HB) morphology in Globular Clusters (GC). However, up to now, He was never directly measured in suitable GC stars (8500<Teff<11500 K) with the purpose of verify this hypothesis. We studied 7 hot blue horizontal branch (BHB) stars (Teff<11500 K) in the GC NGC 6752 with the purpose to measure their Helium content. In addition Fe,Cr,Si,Ti,O,Na, and Ba abundances were measured. We could measure He abundance only for stars warmer than Teff=8500 K. All our targets with measurable He are zero age HB (ZAHB) objects and turned out to have a homogeneous He content with a mean value of Y=0.245+-0.012, compatible with the most recent measurements of the primordial He content of the Universe (Y~0.25). The whole sample of stars have a metallicity of [Fe/H]=-1.56+-0.03 and [alpha/Fe]=+0.21+-0.03. Our HB targets show the same Na-O anticorrelation identified among the TO-SGB-RGB stars. This is the first direct measurement of the He abundance for a significative sample of GC stars in a temperature regime where the He content is not altered by sedimentation processing or extreme mixing as suggested for the hottest, late helium flasher HB stars.

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