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狮子座I矮球状星系中的渐近巨星分支星

Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars in the Leo I Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

John W. Menzies, Patricia A. Whitelock, Michael W. Feast, Noriyuki Matsunaga

摘要:

在本星系群狮子座I星系中发现了26个渐近巨分支变星。这些包括7米拉和5个半定期变量的周期,振幅和平均幅度确定。Miras的大范围周期,158<P<523天,表明AGB跨越了一个显著的年龄范围。最小的必须在1.6 Gyr左右,而最大的可能是10 Gyr或更多。其中两个古老的Miras位于Leo I的外围区域(距离中心超过490弧秒),那里的扩展AGB上的恒星非常罕见。它们可以提供一个有趣的测试第三次疏浚和质量损失的低金属丰度的老恒星,值得进一步详细的调查。至少有两颗恒星,一颗是Mira,另一颗是不规则变星,正在经历由于尘埃喷射而导致的遮蔽事件。将米拉周期光度关系应用于这些恒星,得到狮子座I的距离模数为(m-M)=21.80 \pm 0.11等(内部),\pm 0.12(总)(在一个标度上,使LMC为18.39等),与其他测定结果非常一致。

英文摘要:

Twenty six Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB) variables are identified in the Local Group galaxy Leo I. These include 7 Mira and 5 semi-regular variables for which periods, amplitudes and mean magnitudes are determined. The large range of periods for the Miras, 158<P<523 days, suggests an AGB spanning a significant age range. The youngest must be around 1.6 Gyr while the oldest could be 10 Gyr or more. Two of these old Miras are found in the outer regions of Leo I (over 490 arcsec from the centre) where stars on the extended AGB are rare. They could provide an interesting test of third dredge-up and mass loss in old stars with low metallicity and are worth further detailed investigation. At least two stars, one a Mira, the other an irregular variable, are undergoing obscuration events due to dust ejection. An application of the Mira period-luminosity relation to these stars yields a distance modulus for Leo I of (m-M)=21.80 \pm 0.11 mag (internal), \pm 0.12 (total) (on a scale that puts the LMC at 18.39 mag) in good agreement with other determinations.

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