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半人马座Omega外围演化恒星样本的Abstract分析

Abundance analysis of a sample of evolved stars in the outskirts of Omega Centauri

Sandro Villanova, Giovanni Carraro, Riccardo Scarpa, Gianni Marconi

摘要:

半人马座球状星团$ω$(NGC 5139)是一个令人困惑的恒星系统,它包含了几个不同的恒星星族,它们的起源仍然是一个独特的天体物理挑战。目前的设想范围从母云中的原始化学不均匀性到不同子单元和/或后代富集恒星的合并-具有各种不同的污染源-在同一个势阱中。在本文中,我们研究了半人马座欧米茄外围的化学丰度模式,(覆盖距离星团中心20-30弧分的范围),并将其与星团内部区域的化学趋势进行比较,试图探索是否同样的人口结构和化学成分的趋势,经常发现在更中心的地区也存在于集群的边缘。我们采用等效宽度法从48颗RGB星的FLAMES/UVES光谱中提取多种元素的丰度,然后分析观测恒星的金属丰度分布函数和丰度比。我们发现,在不确定性的小数字的统计和略有不同的进化阶段,在外部地区的人口混合不能区分从更中心的地区,虽然很明显,更多的数据是必要的,以获得一个更坚定的描述的情况。从丰度分析中,我们没有发现明显的径向梯度中的任何测量元素。

英文摘要:

The globular cluster $ω$ Centauri (NGC 5139) is a puzzling stellar system harboring several distinct stellar populations whose origin still represents a unique astrophysical challenge. Current scenarios range from primordial chemical inhomogeneities in the mother cloud to merging of different sub-units and/or subsequent generations of enriched stars - with a variety of different pollution sources- within the same potential well. In this paper we study the chemical abundance pattern in the outskirts of Omega Centauri, half-way to the tidal radius (covering the range of 20-30 arcmin from the cluster center), and compare it with chemical trends in the inner cluster regions, in an attempt to explore whether the same population mix and chemical compositions trends routinely found in the more central regions is also present in the cluster periphery.We extract abundances of many elements from FLAMES/UVES spectra of 48 RGB stars using the equivalent width method and then analyze the metallicity distribution function and abundance ratios of the observed stars. We find, within the uncertainties of small number statistics and slightly different evolutionary phases, that the population mix in the outer regions cannot be distinguished from the more central regions, although it is clear that more data are necessary to obtain a firmer description of the situation. From the abundance analysis, we did not find obvious radial gradients in any of the measured elements.

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