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M31和M33中的RR溶血素变量

RR Lyrae Variables in M31 and M33

Ata Sarajedini

摘要:

天琴座RR变星的这些性质使它们成为研究恒星星族形成和演化的极好探针。光是这类恒星的存在就需要年龄大于~10 Gyr,而它们的周期和振幅可以用来估计它们所在的星系团或星系的金属丰度。天琴座RR的这些和其他特征已被用来研究M31和M33的性质。虽然这些研究通常还处于起步阶段,但我们已经确定,M31和M33确实在它们的晕中,也可能在它们的盘中含有天琴座RR,这表明这两个成分在M31和M33的早期历史中形成。这些星系中的天琴座RR晕的平均金属丰度与其他晕恒星星族示踪物如M31的矮球状卫星和M33的晕球状星团的平均金属丰度一致。对天琴座RR的空间分布,特别是M33的空间分布知之甚少。这将需要进行具有足够光度深度的宽场时间序列研究,以便识别RR Lyraes和确定可靠的周期。

英文摘要:

The properties of RR Lyrae variables make them excellent probes of the formation and evolution of a stellar population. The mere presence of such stars necessitates an age greater than ~10 Gyr while their periods and amplitudes can be used to estimate the metal abundance of the cluster or galaxy in which they reside. These and other features of RR Lyraes have been used to study the properties of M31 and M33. Though these studies are generally in their infancy, we have established that M31 and M33 do indeed harbor RR Lyraes in their halos and probably also in their disks suggesting that these two components formed early in the history of M31 and M33. The mean metallicities of the halo RR Lyraes in these galaxies are consistent with those of other halo stellar population tracers such as the dwarf spheroidal satellites of M31 and the halo globular clusters in M33. Little is known about the spatial distribution of the RR Lyraes, especially in M33. This will require wide-field time-series studies with sufficient photometric depth to allow both the identification of RR Lyraes and robust period determination.

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