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关于球状星团光度函数的解释

On the Interpretation of the Globular Cluster Luminosity Function

J. M. Diederik Kruijssen, Simon F. Portegies Zwart

摘要:

讨论了球状星团光度函数(GCLF,dN/dlogL)到球状星团质量函数(GCMF,dN/dlogM)的转换。溶解中的球状星团(GC)在低质量恒星中优先耗尽,这些恒星具有高的质光比。这已经被证明会导致质光比(M/L)随着GC光度或质量的增加而增加,因为大质量的GC比低质量的GC失去的恒星更少。利用GC模型,我们研究了M/L的光度依赖性对推断的GCMF的影响。所观察到的GCLF是一致的幂律或Schechter型GC初始质量函数与集群质量依赖的质量损失率相结合。在峰以下,GCMF的对数斜率比GCLF的对数斜率浅(0.7与1.0),而考虑M/L的变异性时,峰质量比采用恒定M/L的情况低0.1-0.3 dex。

英文摘要:

The conversion of the globular cluster luminosity function (GCLF, dN/dlogL) to the globular cluster mass function (GCMF, dN/dlogM) is addressed. Dissolving globular clusters (GCs) become preferentially depleted in low-mass stars, which have a high mass-to-light ratio. This has been shown to result in a mass-to-light ratio (M/L) that increases with GC luminosity or mass, because more massive GCs have lost a smaller fraction of their stars than low-mass GCs. Using GC models, we study the influence of the luminosity dependency of M/L on the inferred GCMF. The observed GCLF is consistent with a powerlaw or Schechter type GC initial mass function in combination with a cluster mass-dependent mass loss rate. Below the peak, the logarithmic slope of the GCMF is shallower than that of the GCLF (0.7 versus 1.0), whereas the peak mass is 0.1-0.3 dex lower when accounting for the variability of M/L than in the case where a constant M/L is adopted.

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