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M81的宽视场HST/ACS图像:致密星团的人口

Wide-field HST/ACS images of M81: The Population of Compact Star Clusters

M. Santiago-Cortes, Y. D. Mayya, D. Rosa-Gonzalez

摘要:

我们研究了M81中致密星团(CSC)的人口,使用的HST/ACS图像的过滤器F435 W,F606 W和F814 W覆盖,第一次,整个光学范围的星系。我们的样本包含435个簇的半高宽小于10 ACS像素(9 pc)。该样本显示了两个星团群体的存在,一个是由263个亮于B=22等的天体组成的蓝色星团,一个是由172个亮于B=24等的天体组成的红色星团。根据色星等图的分析和利用简单的恒星星族模型,我们发现蓝色星团的年龄小于3亿年,有些星团的年龄甚至只有几百万年。红色的星团和球状星团一样古老。蓝色星系团的光度函数遵循幂律分布,指数为2.0,这是其他星系中年轻CSC的典型值。幂律定律在I=18.0等(M_I=-9.8等)处显示出明显的截断迹象,如果最亮的星团年龄小于1000万年,这将对应于4 × 10^4 M_solar的质量极限。红色星团的光度质量在10^5到2 × 10^7 M_solar之间,年龄为5 Gyr,它们的光度函数非常类似于银河系中的球状星团光度函数。M81中最明亮的GC的M_B^0=-10.3等,比银河系中质量最大的GC w-Cen亮约0.9等。

英文摘要:

We study the population of compact stellar clusters (CSCs) in M81, using the HST/ACS images in the filters F435W, F606W and F814W covering, for the first time, the entire optical extent of the galaxy. Our sample contains 435 clusters of FWHM less than 10 ACS pixels (9 pc). The sample shows the presence of two cluster populations, a blue group of 263 objects brighter than B=22 mag, and a red group of 172 objects, brighter than B=24 mag. Based on the analysis of colour magnitude diagrams and making use of simple stellar population models, we find the blue clusters are younger than 300 Myr with some clusters as young as few Myr, and the red clusters are as old as globular clusters. The luminosity function of the blue group follows a power-law distribution with an index of 2.0, typical value for young CSCs in other galaxies. The power-law shows unmistakable signs of truncation at I=18.0 mag (M_I=-9.8 mag), which would correspond to a mass-limit of 4x10^4 M_solar if the brightest clusters are younger than 10 Myr. The red clusters have photometric masses between 10^5 to 2x10^7 M_solar for the adopted age of 5 Gyr and their luminosity function resembles very much the globular cluster luminosity function in the Milky Way. The brightest GC in M81 has M_B^0=-10.3 mag, which is ~0.9 mag brighter than w-Cen, the most massive GC in the Milky Way.

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