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Messier 4中白矮星的光谱类型

The Spectral Types of White Dwarfs in Messier 4

D. Saul Davis, Harvey B. Richer, R. Michael Rich, David R. Reitzel, Jason S. Kalirai

摘要:

本文给出了用Keck/LRIS和Gemini/GMOS摄谱仪在球状星团Messier 4方向上获得的24颗白矮星的光谱。确定这个样本中恒星的光谱类型,我们发现24个DA型和0个DB型(即,分别由氢和氦主导的气氛)。假设在有效温度在15,000 - 25,000 K之间的现场观察到的DA/DB的比率,即,4.2:1,在集群环境中成立,在我们的样本中仅仅由于统计波动而没有发现DB的机会只有6 X 10^(-3)。以前在疏散星团中发现的~100颗白矮星的光谱类型表明,在那种环境中,DB的形成受到强烈的抑制。此外,所有的~10白矮星以前在其他球状星团中确定的唯一的DA型。在这两个事实的背景下,这一发现表明,DB的形成被抑制在一般的集群环境。虽然没有令人满意的解释,这种现象存在,我们讨论几种可能性。

英文摘要:

We present the spectra of 24 white dwarfs in the direction of the globular cluster Messier 4 obtained with the Keck/LRIS and Gemini/GMOS spectrographs. Determining the spectral types of the stars in this sample, we find 24 type DA and 0 type DB (i.e., atmospheres dominated by hydrogen and helium respectively). Assuming the ratio of DA/DB observed in the field with effective temperature between 15,000 - 25,000 K, i.e., 4.2:1, holds for the cluster environment, the chance of finding no DBs in our sample due simply to statistical fluctuations is only 6 X 10^(-3). The spectral types of the ~100 white dwarfs previously identified in open clusters indicate that DB formation is strongly suppressed in that environment. Furthermore, all the ~10 white dwarfs previously identified in other globular clusters are exclusively type DA. In the context of these two facts, this finding suggests that DB formation is suppressed in the cluster environment in general. Though no satisfactory explanation for this phenomenon exists, we discuss several possibilities.

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