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星团泰山5是银河系凸起的原始建筑块的残余

The cluster Terzan 5 as a remnant of a primordial building block of the Galactic bulge

F. R. Ferraro, E. Dalessandro, A. Mucciarelli, G. Beccari, R. M. Rich, L. Origlia, B. Lanzoni, R. T. Rood, E. Valenti, M. Bellazzini, S. M. Ransom, G. Cocozza

摘要:

球状星团是紧凑而巨大的恒星系统,它们的年龄足以见证我们银河系的整个历史。虽然最近的结果表明它们的形成可能比以前认为的更复杂,但它们仍然是在相对较短的时间尺度(小于1 Gyr)内形成的恒星星族的最佳近似,并且铁含量几乎没有分散。事实上,在星系晕中只有一个星团状系统(半人马座ω)已知有多个恒星星族,其铁丰度和年龄分布显著4,5。在银河系隆起中的类似发现受到了星际尘埃厚而多变层所产生的遮蔽的阻碍。在这里,我们报告,泰山5,一个球状星团系统在银河系的隆起,有两个恒星星族不同的铁含量和年龄。泰山5号可能是被认为合并并形成星系凸起的原始建筑块之一的幸存遗迹。

英文摘要:

Globular star clusters are compact and massive stellar systems old enough to have witnessed the entire history of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Although recent results suggest that their formation may have been more complex than previously thought, they still are the best approximation to a stellar population formed over a relatively short time scale (less than 1 Gyr) and with virtually no dispersion in the iron content. Indeed, only one cluster-like system (omega Centauri) in the Galactic halo is known to have multiple stellar populations with a significant spread in iron abundance and age4,5. Similar findings in the Galactic bulge have been hampered by the obscuration arising from thick and varying layers of interstellar dust. Here we report that Terzan 5, a globular-cluster-like system in the Galactic bulge, has two stellar populations with different iron content and ages. Terzan 5 could be the surviving remnant of one of the primordial building blocks that are thought to merge and form galaxy bulges.

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