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NGC 2298的潮汐尾

The tidal tails of NGC 2298

Eduardo Balbinot, Basílio X. Santiago, Luiz N. da Costa, Martin Makler, Marcio A. G. Maia

摘要:

我们提出了一个匹配滤波器技术的实现,以检测潮汐尾巴的球状星团。该方法进行了测试,使用SDSS数据的球状星团Palomar 5揭示其著名的潮汐尾巴。我们还模拟了一个有潮汐尾的球状星团,在那里我们成功地恢复了一个与NGC 2298相同位置和特征的星团的尾巴。基于模拟,我们估计,匹配过滤器增加了对比度的尾巴相对于背景的恒星的NGC 2298的情况下,由2.5倍。本文还介绍了用安装在CTIO 4 m望远镜上的MOSAIC 2照相机对球状星团NGC 2298的测光结果。测光范围约为3 deg 2,达到V ~ 23。用King剖面拟合NGC 2298的径向密度剖面,结果表明该星团的潮汐半径为15.91' \pm 1.07',是文献中的2倍。匹配滤波器对NGC 2298的应用揭示了几个潮汐外结构,包括一个领先和尾随的尾巴。我们还发现,NGC 2298有额外的潮汐结构,朝向和反对银河系盘,这表明强烈的潮汐相互作用。最后,我们评估如何匹配过滤器执行时,适用于一个球状星团考虑和不考虑质量偏析。我们发现,忽略质量分离的影响可能会显着降低匹配滤波器的检测限。

英文摘要:

We present an implementation of the matched-filter technique to detect tidal tails of globular clusters. The method was tested using SDSS data for the globular cluster Palomar 5 revealing its well known tidal tails. We also ran a simulation of a globular cluster with a tidal tail where we successfully recover the tails for a cluster at the same position and with the same characteristics of NGC 2298. Based on the simulation we estimate that the matched-filter increases the contrast of the tail relative to the background of stars by a factor of 2.5 for the case of NGC 2298. We also present the photometry of the globular cluster NGC 2298 using the MOSAIC2 camera installed on the CTIO 4m telescope. The photometry covers ~ 3deg2 reaching V ~ 23. A fit of a King profile to the radial density profile of NGC 2298 shows that this cluster has a tidal radius of 15.91' \pm 1.07' which is twice as in the literature. The application of the matched-filter to NGC 2298 reveals several extra-tidal structures, including a leading and trailing tail. We also find that NGC 2298 has extra-tidal structures stretching towards and against the Galactic disk, suggesting strong tidal interaction. Finally, we assess how the matched-filter performs when applied to a globular cluster with and without mass segregation taken into account. We find that disregarding the effects of mass segregation may significantly reduce the detection limit of the matched-filter.

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