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银河系球状星团的斯特龙格伦测光。半人马座Omega中红巨星的II金属丰度分布

Stromgren photometry of Galactic Globular Clusters. II Metallicity distribution of red giants in Omega Centauri

A. Calamida, G. Bono, P. B. Stetson, L. M. Freyhammer, A. M. Piersimoni, R. Buonanno, F. Caputo, S. Cassisi, M. Castellani, C. E. Corsi, M. Dall'Ora, S. Degl'In… 展开作者

A. Calamida, G. Bono, P. B. Stetson, L. M. Freyhammer, A. M. Piersimoni, R. Buonanno, F. Caputo, S. Cassisi, M. Castellani, C. E. Corsi, M. Dall'Ora, S. Degl'Innocenti, I. Ferraro, F. Grundahl, M. Hilker, M. Monelli, M. Nonino, N. Patat, A. Pietrinferni, P. G. Prada Moroni, F. Primas, L. Pulone, T. Richtler, M. Romaniello, J. Storm, A. R. Walker

摘要:

我们提出了新的中间带Stroemgren测光的基础上超过300 u,v,b,y图像的银河系球状星团欧米茄岑。光学数据得到了新的多波段近红外测光(350 J、H、K_s图像)的补充。最终的光学近红外目录覆盖了整个星团中心超过20*20弧分平方的区域。我们使用不同的光学-近红外颜色-颜色平面,结合文献中的自行数据来识别候选星团红巨星(RG)。通过采用不同的Stroemgren金属丰度指数,我们估计了约4,000个RG的光度金属丰度,这是有史以来收集的最大样本。金属丰度分布呈多峰型([Fe/H]_phot=-1.73+/-0.08,-1.29+/-0.03,-1.05+/-0.02,-0.80+/-0.04,-0.42+/-0.12和-0.07+/-0.08 dex)和贫金属尾部的锐截止([Fe/H]_phot<=-2 dex),这与光谱测量非常一致。我们将其划分为四个亚群,即贫金属(MP,[Fe/H]<=-1.49)、中间金属(MI,-1.49<[Fe/H]<=-0.93)、富金属(MR,-0.95<[Fe/H]<=-0.15)和太阳金属丰度(SM,[Fe/H]~0)。最后一组只包括一小部分恒星(~8+/-5%),应该通过光谱确认。此外,利用不同光度指数的金属丰度差异,我们发现19+/-1%的RG是候选CN-强星。这个分数与最近的光谱估计相当吻合,可能意味着很大一部分双星。Stroemgren金属丰度指数显示,当从中间金属区向富金属区([Fe/H]>-1.7 dex)移动时,与α-元素([Ca+Si/H])之间存在强相关性。

英文摘要:

We present new intermediate-band Stroemgren photometry based on more than 300 u,v,b,y images of the Galactic globular cluster Omega Cen. Optical data were supplemented with new multiband near-infrared (NIR) photometry (350 J,H,K_s images). The final optical-NIR catalog covers a region of more than 20*20 arcmin squared across the cluster center. We use different optical-NIR color-color planes together with proper motion data available in the literature to identify candidate cluster red giant (RG) stars. By adopting different Stroemgren metallicity indices we estimate the photometric metallicity for ~4,000 RGs, the largest sample ever collected. The metallicity distributions show multiple peaks ([Fe/H]_phot=-1.73+/-0.08,-1.29+/-0.03,-1.05+/-0.02,-0.80+/-0.04,-0.42+/-0.12 and -0.07+/-0.08 dex) and a sharp cut-off in the metal-poor tail ([Fe/H]_phot<=-2 dex) that agree quite well with spectroscopic measurements. We identify four distinct sub-populations,namely metal-poor (MP,[Fe/H]<=-1.49), metal-intermediate (MI,-1.49<[Fe/H]<=-0.93), metal-rich (MR,-0.95<[Fe/H]<=-0.15) and solar metallicity (SM,[Fe/H]~0). The last group includes only a small fraction of stars (~8+/-5%) and should be confirmed spectroscopically. Moreover, using the difference in metallicity based on different photometric indices, we find that the 19+/-1% of RGs are candidate CN-strong stars. This fraction agrees quite well with recent spectroscopic estimates and could imply a large fraction of binary stars. The Stroemgren metallicity indices display a robust correlation with alpha-elements ([Ca+Si/H]) when moving from the metal-intermediate to the metal-rich regime ([Fe/H]>-1.7 dex).

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