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M87球状星团的结构参数

Structural Parameters of the M87 Globular Clusters

Juan P. Madrid, William E. Harris, John P. Blakeslee, Matias Gomez

摘要:

我们利用ACS/WFC拍摄的F606 W(V)和F814 W(I)极深的哈勃空间望远镜图像,推导了巨大的室女座椭圆星系M87中约2000个球状星团的结构参数。通过PSF卷积的King模型轮廓拟合确定了团簇的尺度大小(半光半径r_h)和椭圆度。我们发现r_h分布与银河系内部的星团非常相似,在r_h~ 2.5pc处达到峰值,几乎没有比r_h ~ 1 pc更紧凑的星团。贫金属团簇的相对湿度比富金属团簇平均大24%。星系团尺度随银河系距离的增加而逐渐增大。在蓝色波段V,星系团稍微大一点,这可能暗示我们可能开始看到星系团内部质量分离的影响。我们还给出了M87球状星团系统的色星等图,它显示出明显的双峰分布。

英文摘要:

We derive structural parameters for ~2000 globular clusters in the giant Virgo elliptical M87 using extremely deep Hubble Space Telescope images in F606W (V) and F814W (I) taken with the ACS/WFC. The cluster scale sizes (half-light radii r_h) and ellipticities are determined from PSF-convolved King-model profile fitting. We find that the r_h distribution closely resembles the inner Milky Way clusters, peaking at r_h~2.5 pc and with virtually no clusters more compact than r_h ~ 1 pc. The metal-poor clusters have on average an r_h 24% larger than the metal-rich ones. The cluster scale size shows a gradual and noticeable increase with galactocentric distance. Clusters are very slightly larger in the bluer waveband V a possible hint that we may be beginning to see the effects of mass segregation within the clusters. We also derived a color magnitude diagram for the M87 globular cluster system which show a striking bimodal distribution.

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