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M31中明亮年轻星团的HST/WFPC2巡天。IV。年龄和质量估计

An HST/WFPC2 survey of bright young clusters in M31. IV. Ages and mass estimates

S. Perina, J. G. Cohen, P. Barmby, M. A. Beasley, M. Bellazzini, J. P. Brodie, L. Federici, F. Fusi Pecci, S. Galleti, P. W. Hodge, J. P. Huchra, M. Kissler-Pat… 展开作者

S. Perina, J. G. Cohen, P. Barmby, M. A. Beasley, M. Bellazzini, J. P. Brodie, L. Federici, F. Fusi Pecci, S. Galleti, P. W. Hodge, J. P. Huchra, M. Kissler-Patig, T. H. Puzia, J. Strader

摘要:

【目标】本文介绍了利用哈勃空间望远镜(HST)上的广角行星照相机2(WFPC 2)对M31中可能的年轻大质量星团(YMC)进行成像巡天的主要结果。我们提出的图像和彩色星等图(CMD),我们所有的目标。{方法。}通过比较观测到的CMD和光度函数与理论模型,估算了团簇的红化、年龄和金属丰度。恒星质量的估计是通过与理论模型在对数(年龄)与绝对积分星等平面的比较。{结果。} 20个候选星团中有19个被证实是真正的星团。三个集群被发现不是很好的YMC候选人从新的集成光谱,实际上被发现是旧的,从他们的CMD。在剩下的16个星团中,14个星团的年龄在2500万年到28000万年之间,2个星团的年龄超过50000万年(下限)。通过纳入文献中其他10个YMC和HST测光,我们收集了25个年龄小于1 Gyr的星团样本,质量范围从0.6 x 10^4 M_sun到6 x 10^4 M_sun,平均约为3 x 10^4 M_sun。【结论】这里考虑的星团被证实有质量显着高于银河系疏散星团在相同的年龄范围。我们的分析表明,YMC在本星系群中所有最大的恒星形成星系中相对常见。

英文摘要:

{Aims.} We present the main results of an imaging survey of possible young massive clusters (YMC) in M31 performed with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera2 (WFPC2) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We present the images and color magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of all of our targets. {Methods.} The reddening, age and, metallicity of the clusters were estimated by comparing the observed CMDs and luminosity functions with theoretical models. Stellar masses were estimated by comparison with theoretical models in the log(Age) vs. absolute integrated magnitude plane. {Results.} Nineteen of the twenty surveyed candidates were confirmed to be real star clusters. Three of the clusters were found not to be good YMC candidates from newly available integrated spectroscopy and were in fact found to be old from their CMD. Of the remaining sixteen clusters, fourteen have ages between 25 Myr and 280 Myr, two have older ages than 500 Myr (lower limits). By including ten other YMC with HST photometry from the literature we have assembled a sample of 25 clusters younger than 1 Gyr, with mass ranging from 0.6 x 10^4 M_sun to 6 x 10^4 M_sun, with an average of ~ 3 x 10^4 M_sun. {Conclusions.} The clusters considered here are confirmed to have masses significantly higher than Galactic open clusters in the same age range. Our analysis indicates that YMCs are relatively common in all the largest star-forming galaxies of the Local Group.

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