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M13、M15和M92中红巨星的物质流出

Mass Outflow from Red Giant Stars in M13, M15, and M92

Sz. Mészáros, E. H. Avrett, A. K. Dupree

摘要:

利用色球模型计算了球状星团M13、M15和M92中红巨星支(RGB)和渐近巨星支(AGB)星的H α线,并计算了它们的质量损失率。模型光谱进行了比较,获得的观测与Hectochelle的MMT望远镜。这些恒星显示出强烈的Halpha辐射和蓝移的Halpha核心,表明所有恒星都存在质量外流。在上色球层需要3-19公里/秒的外流速度,大于H α剖面所示的速度,才能使模型光谱与观测结果之间达到良好的一致。由此得到的质量损失率范围为0.6*10^{-9}~ 5*10^{-9} Msun/yr,比根据“赖默斯定律”预测的或根据类似恒星的红外过剩推断的要低一个数量级。质量损失率随光度和有效温度的降低而略有增加。在富含金属的M13中,恒星的质量损失率比贫金属的M15和M92中的高出约2倍。质量损失率的拟合由下式给出:M [Msun/yr] = 0.092 * L^{0.16} * Teff^{-2.02} * A^{0.37},其中A=10^[Fe/H]。对恒星的多次观测揭示了M15中的一个天体K757,在相隔18个月的两次观测之间,其质量外流增加了6倍。其他恒星的质量损失率变化为1.5倍或更少。

英文摘要:

Chromospheric model calculations of the Halpha line for selected red giant branch (RGB) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in the globular clusters M13, M15, and M92 are constructed to derive mass loss rates. The model spectra are compared to the observations obtained with the Hectochelle on the MMT telescope. These stars show strong Halpha emissions and blue-shifted Halpha cores signaling that mass outflow is present in all stars. Outflow velocities of 3-19 km/s, larger than indicated by Halpha profiles, are needed in the upper chromosphere to achieve good agreement between the model spectra and the observations. The resulting mass loss rates range from 0.6*10^{-9} to 5*10^{-9} Msun/yr, which are about an order of magnitude lower than predicted from "Reimers' law" or inferred from the infrared excess of similar stars. The mass loss rate increases slightly with luminosity and with decreasing effective temperature. Stars in the more metal-rich M13 have higher mass loss rates by a factor of ~2 than in the metal-poor clusters M15 and M92. A fit to the mass loss rates is given by: M [Msun/yr] = 0.092 * L^{0.16} * Teff^{-2.02} * A^{0.37} where A=10^[Fe/H]. Multiple observations of stars revealed one object in M15, K757, in which the mass outflow increased by a factor of 6 between two observations separated by 18 months. Other stars showed changes in mass loss rate by a factor of 1.5 or less.

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