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化石群NGC 1132中的超致密矮星

Ultra-Compact Dwarfs in the Fossil Group NGC 1132

Juan P. Madrid

摘要:

11个超致密矮星(UCD)和39个扩展星团候选者被发现与星系NGC 1132有关。这个巨大的椭圆星系是一个化石群的遗迹。UCD和扩展星团候选者是通过分析它们的结构参数,颜色,空间分布和光度,使用哈勃太空望远镜在两个过滤器中进行观测:F475W(斯隆g)和F850LP(斯隆z)。这些UCD的中值有效半径为r_h = 13.0pc。在NGC 1132附近发现了两种UCD,一种与最亮的球状星团具有相同的颜色和光度,并追踪了质量-尺寸关系的开始。第二类UCD是最明亮的UCD候选者,一个M32型天体,有效半径为rh = 77.1 pc,距离NGC 1132的核心约6.6 kpc。这个UCD候选者可能是与宿主星系合并的剩余核心。除了一个特别蓝色的UCD候选人,UCD被发现扩展的质量金属丰度关系发现在球状星团更高的光度。这项工作的结果支持了越来越多的证据,表明UCD并不像以前认为的那样局限于星系团。UCD可能在所有环境中都很常见。与星系团相比,化石群的潮汐场更温和,这使得UCD和扩展星团能够以较小的银河系中心距离存活到现在。

英文摘要:

Eleven Ultra-Compact Dwarf (UCD) and 39 extended star cluster candidates are found to be associated with the galaxy NGC 1132. This giant elliptical galaxy is the remnant of a fossil group. UCD and extended star cluster candidates are identified through the analysis of their structural parameters, colors, spatial distribution, and luminosity using deep Hubble Space Telescope observations in two filters: the F475W (Sloan g) and F850LP (Sloan z). The median effective radius of these UCDs is r_h=13.0 pc. Two types of UCDs are identified in the vicinity of NGC 1132, one type shares the same color and luminosity of the brightest globular clusters and traces the onset of the mass-size relation. The second kind of UCD is represented by the brightest UCD candidate, a M32-type object, with an effective radius of r_h=77.1 pc, located at ~6.6 kpc from the nucleus of NGC 1132. This UCD candidate is likely the remaining nucleus of a minor merger with the host galaxy. With the exception of a particularly blue UCD candidate, UCDs are found to extend the mass-metallicity relation found in globular clusters to higher luminosities. The results of this work support the growing body of evidence showing that UCDs are not circumscribed to galaxy clusters as previously thought. UCDs are likely to be a common occurrence in all environments. The milder tidal field of a fossil group, when compared to a galaxy cluster, allows UCDs and extended star clusters to survive up to present time at small galactocentric distances.

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