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贫金属球状星团M15中长周期变星的发现

Discovery of long-period variable stars in the very-metal-poor globular cluster M15

Iain McDonald, Jacco Th. van Loon, Andrea K. Dupree, Martha L. Boyer

摘要:

我们在银河系中最贫金属的球状星团M15的巨支星中寻找长周期变星。我们使用多色光学测光从0.6米基尔桑顿和2米利物浦望远镜。在K757和K825中检测到的Δ V ~ 0.15等的变化超过了近一年的异常长的时间尺度,使它们成为银河系球状星团中发现的最贫金属的LPV。K825位于长的第二周期序列上,被认为是富含金属的LPV,尽管没有检测到主周期。我们讨论这种变化的背景下,尘埃生产和恒星演化在低金属丰度,使用额外的光谱从6.5米麦哲伦(拉斯坎帕纳斯)望远镜。尽管存在气体质量损失,但缺乏尘埃生产,这引起了关于尘埃生产和星团内介质的问题。

英文摘要:

We present a search for long-period variable (LPV) stars among giant branch stars in M15 which, at [Fe/H] ~ -2.3, is one of the most metal-poor Galactic globular clusters. We use multi-colour optical photometry from the 0.6-m Keele Thornton and 2-m Liverpool Telescopes. Variability of delta-V ~ 0.15 mag is detected in K757 and K825 over unusually-long timescales of nearly a year, making them the most metal-poor LPVs found in a Galactic globular cluster. K825 is placed on the long secondary period sequence, identified for metal-rich LPVs, though no primary period is detectable. We discuss this variability in the context of dust production and stellar evolution at low metallicity, using additional spectra from the 6.5-m Magellan (Las Campanas) telescope. A lack of dust production, despite the presence of gaseous mass loss raises questions about the production of dust and the intra-cluster medium of this cluster.

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