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arXiv 0912.5280astro-ph.GA
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球状星团中相当复杂的“简单恒星星族“

The quite complex "Simple Stellar Populations" of Globular Clusters

Angela Bragaglia

摘要:

有令人信服的观测证据表明,球状星团(GC)是相当复杂的天体。越来越多的光度测量结果表明,演化序列不仅仅是观测平面上的等时线--就像几年前所认为的那样--从主序列到次巨星、巨星和水平分支。然而,复杂性的最强指示来自化学,在少数情况下来自铁丰度的内部分散,以及轻元素(C,N,O,Na,Mg,Al等)。在所有GC中。这种普遍性意味着,复杂性是固有的GC和最有可能与他们的形成机制。轻元素丰度的变化程度取决于GC质量,但质量不是唯一的调节因素;金属丰度,年龄和可能的轨道都可以发挥作用。最后,用这种新的方法观察GC的结果之一是,它们的恒星可能显示出不同的He含量。

英文摘要:

There is compelling observational evidence that globular clusters (GCs) are quite complex objects. A growing body of photometric results indicate that the evolutionary sequences are not simply isochrones in the observational plane -as believed until a few years ago- from the main sequence, to the subgiant, giant, and horizontal branches. The strongest indication of complexity comes however from the chemistry, from internal dispersion in iron abundance in a few cases, and in light elements (C, N, O, Na, Mg, Al, etc.) in all GCs. This universality means that the complexity is intrinsic to the GCs and is most probably related to their formation mechanisms. The extent of the variations in light elements abundances is dependent on the GC mass, but mass is not the only modulating factor; metallicity, age, and possibly orbit can play a role. Finally, one of the many consequences of this new way of looking at GCs is that their stars may show different He contents.

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