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外星系晕中的球状星团:6个球状星团的新的HST/ACS成像和银河系球状星团年龄-金属丰度关系

Globular clusters in the outer Galactic halo: new HST/ACS imaging of 6 globular clusters and the Galactic globular cluster age-metallicity relation

Aaron Dotter, Ata Sarajedini, Jay Anderson

摘要:

本文给出了由哈勃空间望远镜(HST)F606 W、F814 W高级巡天照相机测光得到的6个球状星团的色星等图(CMD)。这6个星系在银河中心距离(Rgc)上形成了两个松散的分组:IC 4499、NGC 6426和鲁普雷希特106在约15-20 kpc,NGC 7006、帕洛马15和Pyxis在约40 kpc。CMD允许在每种情况下从主序列关闭来估计年龄。此外,Palomar 5的年龄(Rgc ~ 18 kpc)是使用档案HST宽视场行星照相机2 V,I测光估计的。年龄分析显示:IC 4499,Ruprecht 106和Pyxis比具有类似金属丰度的内晕GC年轻1-2 Gyr; NGC 7006和Palomar 5比它们的内晕对应物稍微年轻; NGC 6426和Palomar 15是样品中最贫金属的两个GC,在不确定性范围内与所有其他贫金属GC同时代。结合我们以前的努力,目前的样本提供了强有力的证据,银河系GC年龄-金属丰度关系由两个不同的分支。一个表明在银河系内部的快速化学富集,而另一个则表明在外晕中长时间的GC形成。后者是一致的外晕GC形成于矮星系,后来被银河系吸积。

英文摘要:

Color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) derived from Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys F606W,F814W photometry of 6 globular clusters (GCs) are presented. The six GCs form two loose groupings in Galactocentric distance (Rgc): IC 4499, NGC 6426, and Ruprecht 106 at ~15-20 kpc and NGC 7006, Palomar 15, and Pyxis at ~40 kpc. The CMDs allow the ages to be estimated from the main sequence turnoff in every case. In addition, the age of Palomar 5 (Rgc ~ 18 kpc) is estimated using archival HST Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 V,I photometry. The age analysis reveals the following: IC 4499, Ruprecht 106, and Pyxis are 1-2 Gyr younger than inner halo GCs with similar metallicities; NGC 7006 and Palomar 5 are marginally younger than their inner halo counterparts; NGC 6426 and Palomar 15, the two most metal-poor GCs in the sample, are coeval with all the other metal-poor GCs within the uncertainties. Combined with our previous efforts, the current sample provides strong evidence that the Galactic GC age-metallicity relation consists of two distinct branches. One suggests a rapid chemical enrichment in the inner Galaxy while the other suggests prolonged GC formation in the outer halo. The latter is consistent with the outer halo GCs forming in dwarf galaxies and later being accreted by the Milky Way.

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