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哈勃太空望远镜对英仙座星团的巡天- IV:英仙座星团核心的致密恒星系统和恒星形成细丝中的超致密矮星形成

Hubble Space Telescope survey of the Perseus Cluster -IV: Compact stellar systems in the Perseus Cluster core and Ultra Compact Dwarf formation in star forming filaments

Samantha J. Penny, Duncan A. Forbes, Christopher J. Conselice

摘要:

我们提出了在英仙座星系团核心,包括不寻常的布里渊星系团星系(BCG)NGC 1275周围的星系团区域的超紧凑矮星(UCD)的第一次搜索结果。利用哈勃空间望远镜高级巡天照相机成像,我们确定了84个半光半径为10 pc < r_e < 57 pc的UCD候选样本,距离星团中心250 kpc,覆盖总巡天面积约为70 armin ^[2]。英仙座的所有UCD都位于同一个大小-光度轨迹上,这些轨迹与在本宇宙其他区域被证实的UCD相同。大部分UCD的亮度大于M_R =-10.5,并位于红色序列的外推上,英仙座矮椭圆星群的星等则较暗。然而,NGC 1275附近的三个UCD候选者非常蓝,颜色(B-R)_0 < 0.6,意味着在过去的1亿年内停止了恒星形成。此外,大的蓝色星团嵌在恒星形成的细丝中,这高度表明原球状星团(GC)和原UCD在英仙座目前正在积极形成。因此,我们建议恒星形成细丝作为一些UCD的形成场所,在其他低红移的NGC 1275类似物中进行必要的搜索以验证这一假设。我们还认为,潮汐分裂矮星系是另一个形成通道UCD形成英仙座的核心潮汐分裂正在进行中,在这个地区的NGC 1275周围的壳证明。最后,UCD可能只是基于两个群体的颜色趋势的强烈相似性的大规模GC。

英文摘要:

We present the results of the first search for Ultra Compact Dwarfs (UCDs) in the Perseus Cluster core, including the region of the cluster around the unusual Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) NGC 1275. Utilising Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys imaging, we identify a sample of 84 UCD candidates with half-light radii 10 pc < r_e < 57 pc out to a distance of 250 kpc from the cluster centre, covering a total survey area of ~70 armin^2. All UCDs in Perseus lie in the same size-luminosity locus seen for confirmed UCDs in other regions of the local Universe. The majority of UCDs are brighter than M_R = -10.5, and lie on an extrapolation of the red sequence followed by the Perseus Cluster dwarf elliptical population to fainter magnitudes. However, three UCD candidates in the vicinity of NGC 1275 are very blue, with colours (B-R)_0 < 0.6 implying a cessation of star formation within the past 100 Myr. Furthermore, large blue star clusters embedded in the star forming filaments are highly indicative that both proto-globular clusters (GCs) and proto-UCDs are actively forming at the present day in Perseus. We therefore suggest star forming filaments as a formation site for some UCDs, with searches necessary in other low redshift analogues of NGC 1275 necessary to test this hypothesis. We also suggest that tidal disruption of dwarf galaxies is another formation channel for UCD formation in the core of Perseus as tidal disruption is ongoing in this region as evidenced by shells around NGC 1275. Finally, UCDs may simply be massive GCs based on strong similarities in the colour trends of the two populations.

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