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球状星团NGC 2808主序星的X射线摄影观测:一颗氦正常矮星和一颗富氦矮星的首次化学标记

X-shooter observations of main sequence stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808: first chemical tagging of a He-normal and a He-rich dwarf

A. Bragaglia, E. Carretta, R. G. Gratton, S. Lucatello, A. Milone, G. Piotto, V. D'Orazi, S. Cassisi, C. Sneden, L. R. Bedin

摘要:

我们提出的第一个化学成分研究的两个未进化的恒星在球状星团NGC 2808,获得光谱仪X-射手@VLT。NGC 2808显示了三个离散的,分离良好的主层序。对这一现象最普遍的解释是它们的恒星具有不同的氦含量。我们观察到一颗恒星位于最蓝的主序带(bMS,声称有高氦含量,Y = 0.4),另一颗位于最红的主序带(rMS,符合正则氦含量,Y=0.245)。分析了NH、CH、Na、Mg、Al、Fe的特征。虽然Fe、Ca和其他元素在两颗恒星中的丰度相同,但bMS星显示出N的巨大增强,C的耗尽,Na和Al的增强,以及相对于rMS星的Mg的少量耗尽。如果bMS上的恒星是由早期恒星在完整的CNO和MgAl循环中产生的喷出物形成的,其主要产物是氦,那么这正是我们所期望的。这两颗恒星的元素丰度模式差异与恒星颜色-星等图位置所显示的氦含量差异一致。

英文摘要:

We present the first chemical composition study of two unevolved stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808, obtained with the spectrograph X-shooter@VLT. NGC 2808 shows three discrete, well separated main sequences. The most accepted explanation for this phenomenon is that their stars have different helium contents. We observed one star on the bluest main sequence, (bMS, claimed to have high helium content, Y~0.4), and one on the reddest main sequence (rMS, consistent with a canonical helium content, Y=0.245). We analyzed features of NH, CH, Na, Mg, Al, and Fe. While Fe, Ca, and other elements have the same abundances in the two stars, the bMS star shows a huge enhancement of N, a depletion of C, an enhancement of Na and Al, and small depletion of Mg with respect to the rMS star. This is exactly what is expected if stars on the bMS formed from the ejecta produced by an earlier stellar generation in the complete CNO and MgAl cycles whose main product is helium. The elemental abundance pattern differences in these two stars are consistent with the differences in helium content suggested by the color-magnitude diagram positions of the stars.

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