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M33晕中的RR溶素变量

RR Lyrae Variables in the Halo of M33

Ata Sarajedini, S. -C. Yang

摘要:

天琴座RR变星的这些性质使它们成为研究恒星星族形成和演化的极好探针。光是这类恒星的存在就需要年龄大于~10 Gyr,而它们的周期和振幅可以用来估计它们所在的星系团或星系的金属丰度。天琴座RR的这些特征和其他特征已经被用来研究本星系群晚型螺旋星系M33。虽然这些研究通常还处于起步阶段,但我们已经确定,M33确实在其晕中拥有天琴座RR型星,可能也在其盘中,这表明这两个组成部分在M33历史的早期形成。天琴座RR星系晕的平均金属丰度与M33中晕状球状星团的平均金属丰度在[Fe/H]~-1.3处一致。对RR型天琴座的空间分布知之甚少;这将需要具有足够光度深度的宽场时间序列研究,以便识别RR型天琴座和确定可靠的周期。

英文摘要:

The properties of RR Lyrae variables make them excellent probes of the formation and evolution of a stellar population. The mere presence of such stars necessitates an age greater than ~10 Gyr while their periods and amplitudes can be used to estimate the metal abundance of the cluster or galaxy in which they reside. These and other features of RR Lyraes have been used to study the Local Group late-type spiral galaxy M33. Though these studies are generally in their infancy, we have established that M33 does indeed harbor RR Lyraes in its halo and probably also in its disk suggesting that these two components formed early in the history of M33. The mean metallicity of the halo RR Lyraes is consistent with that of the halo globular clusters in M33 at [Fe/H]~-1.3. Little is known about the spatial distribution of the RR Lyraes; this will require wide-field time-series studies with sufficient photometric depth to allow both the identification of RR Lyraes and robust period determination.

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