arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 0912.4347astro-ph.SR
收藏

银河系高纬度碳星的CH部分

The CH fraction of Carbon stars at high Galactic latitudes

Aruna Goswami, Drisya Karinkuzhi, N. S. Shantikumar

摘要:

CH星形成了一类独特的天体,具有缺铁、富碳和重元素过剩等特征。这些性质可以为低金属丰度核合成的理论计算提供强有力的观测约束。一个重要的问题是CH星的相对表面密度,它可以为我们理解低到中等质量恒星在早期银河系化学演化中的作用提供有价值的投入。光谱特征提供了一种有效的方法来识别CH星。本分析的目的是在定量评估的部分CH星的恒星样本中使用一套光谱分类标准。该样本由92个物体组成,这些物体是从汉堡/ESO巡天的候选暗高纬度碳星中选出的。2007 - 2009年期间,在VBO,Kavalur和HCT,IAO,Hanle使用OMR和HFOSC获得了这些物体的中等分辨率(R ~ 1300)光谱,波长范围为3800 - 6800 A。光谱分析显示,92个天体中有36个可能是CH星;结合我们早期的研究(Goswami 2005,Goswami et al. 2007),这意味着约37%(243个)的天体是CH星。我们目前的光谱描述新确定的CH星候选人。估算的有效温度、12 C/13 C同位素比值及其在双色J-H-H-K图上的位置被用来支持它们的鉴定。

英文摘要:

CH stars form a distinct class of objects with characteristic properties like iron deficiency, enrichment of carbon and overabundance in heavy elements. These properties can provide strong observational constraints for theoretical computation of nucleosynthesis at low-metallicity. An important question is the relative surface density of CH stars which can provide valuable inputs to our understanding on the role of low to intermediate-mass stars in the early Galactic chemical evolution. Spectroscopic characterization provides an effective way of identifying CH stars. The present analysis is aimed at a quantitative assessment of the fraction of CH stars in a sample of stars using a set of spectral classification criteria. The sample consists of 92 objects selected from a collection of candidate Faint High Latitude Carbon stars from the Hamburg/ESO survey. Medium resolution (R ~ 1300) spectra for these objects were obtained using OMR at VBO, Kavalur and HFOSC at HCT, IAO, Hanle, during 2007 - 2009 spanning a wavelength range 3800 - 6800 A. Spectral analysis shows 36 of the 92 objects to be potential CH stars; combined with our earlier studies (Goswami 2005, Goswami et al. 2007) this implies ~ 37% (of 243) objects as the CH fraction. We present spectral descriptions of the newly identified CH star candidates. Estimated effective temperatures, 12C/13C isotopic ratios and their locations on the two colour J-H vs H-K plot are used to support their identification.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来,可能存在错误,请以论文正文为准。

↑