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椭圆NGC 5128中球状星团的年龄、金属丰度和α元素增强:Gemini/GMOS均匀光谱研究

The Ages, Metallicities and Alpha Element Enhancements of Globular Clusters in the Elliptical NGC 5128: A Homogeneous Spectroscopic Study with Gemini/GMOS

Kristin A. Woodley, William E. Harris, Thomas H. Puzia, Matias Gomez, Gretchen L. H. Harris, Doug Geisler

摘要:

我们提出了新的综合光谱的球状星团(GC)在NGC 5128,以测量径向速度和推导年龄,金属丰度,和α元素丰度比。我们用Gemini-S 8-m/GMOS对72个S/N > 30 /AA的GC进行了~3400-5700 AA的光谱测量,并在NGC 5128中发现了35个新的GC。我们测量并比较了从HdeltaA到Fe 5406的Lick指数与Thomas等人的单恒星星族(SSP)模型。(2003,2004)。我们还测量了Puzia等人(2002)和Schiavon等人(2005)的41个银河系GC的Lick指数,并采用相同的方法进行直接比较。我们的研究结果表明,68%的NGC 5128 GC具有老年(> 8 Gyr),14%具有中间年龄(5-8 Gyr),18%具有年轻年龄(< 5 Gyr)。然而,当我们将GC的金属丰度作为年龄的函数时,我们发现NGC 5128中92%的贫金属GC和56%的富金属GC的年龄> 8 Gyr,这表明GC的大多数金属丰度亚群形成较早,年轻和富金属GC形成较晚。我们的金属丰度分布函数直接从光谱利克指数是明显的双峰,因为是同一组GC的颜色分布。因此,金属性双峰是真实的,而不是颜色到金属性转换的伪影。α/Fe值是超日的,平均值为0.14pm ~ 0.04,表明它的形成时间很快。然而,NGC 5128中的GC并不像本研究中检查的银河系GC那样[alpha/Fe]增强。我们的研究结果支持了NGC 5128中GC系统的快速早期形成,以及随后的主要吸积和/或GC和恒星形成事件。

英文摘要:

We present new integrated light spectroscopy of globular clusters (GCs) in NGC 5128 in order to measure radial velocities and derive ages, metallicities, and alpha-element abundance ratios. Using Gemini-S 8-m/GMOS, we obtained spectroscopy in the range of ~3400-5700 AA for 72 GCs with S/N > 30 /AA and we have also discovered 35 new GCs within NGC 5128 from our radial velocity measurements. We measured and compared the Lick indices from HdeltaA through Fe5406 with the single stellar population (SSP) models of Thomas et al.(2003,2004). We also measure Lick indices for 41 Milky Way GCs from Puzia et al. (2002) and Schiavon et al. (2005) with the same methodology for direct comparison. Our results show that 68% of the NGC 5128 GCs have old ages (> 8 Gyr), 14% have intermediate ages (5-8 Gyr), and 18% have young ages (< 5 Gyr). However, when we look at the metallicity of the GCs as a function of age, we find 92% of metal-poor GCs and 56% of metal-rich GCs in NGC 5128 have ages > 8 Gyr, indicating that the majority of both metallicity subpopulations of GCs formed early, with a significant population of young and metal-rich GCs forming later. Our metallicity distribution function generated directly from spectroscopic Lick indices is clearly bimodal, as is the color distribution of the same set of GCs. Thus the metallicity bimodality is real and not an artifact of the color to metallicity conversion. The [alpha/Fe] values are supersolar with a mean value of 0.14pm0.04, indicating a fast formation timescale. However, the GCs in NGC 5128 are not as [alpha/Fe] enhanced as the Milky Way GCs also examined in this study. Our results support a rapid, early formation of the GC system in NGC 5128, with subsequent major accretion and/or GC and star forming events in more recent times (abridged).

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