We present the chemical analysis of 49 giant stars of the globular cluster NGC 2419, using medium resolution spectra collected with the multi-object spectrograph DEIMOS@Keck. Previous analysis of this cluster revealed a large dispersion in the line strength of the infrared Ca II triplet, suggesting an intrinsic star-to-star scatter in its Fe or Ca content. From our analysis, we assess that all the investigated stars share the same [Fe/H], [Ca/Fe] and [Ti/Fe] abundance ratios, while a large spread in Mg and K abundances is detected. The distribution of [Mg/Fe] is bimodal, with ~40% of the observed targets having subsolar [Mg/Fe], down to [Mg/Fe] ~ -1 dex, a level of Mg-deficiency never observed before in globular clusters. It is found that the large dispersion in Mg abundances is likely the main origin of the observed dispersion of the Ca II triplet lines strengths (that can be erroneously interpreted in terms of Fe or Ca abundance scatter) because Mg plays a relevant role in the atmosphere of giant stars as an electron donor. A strong depletion in the Mg abundance leads to an increase of the line strength of the Ca II triplet, due to the variation in the electronic pressure, at a constant Fe and Ca abundance. Finally, we detect an anti-correlation between Mg and K abundances, not easily explainable within the framework of the current nucleosynthesis models.
A new catalog of homogenised absorption line indices for Milky Way globular clusters from high-resolution integrated spectroscopy
我们对24个银河系球状星团进行了综合光谱分析。从一个核心半径的光谱观察到每个集群与高波长分辨率~2.0 A的FWHM。结合Puzia et al.(2002)和Schiavon et al.(2005)的两个现有数据集,我们构建了一个包含53个银河系球状星团的Lick光谱指数的大型数据库,这些球状星团具有广泛的金属丰度范围,-2.4 < [Fe/H] < 0.1,以及各种水平分支形态。经验指数到金属丰度的转换关系提供了20舔指数用于推导金属丰度的远程,未解决的恒星系统。
An intermediate-band photometric study of the "Globular Cluster" NGC 2419
NGC 2419是银河系晕中最遥远的星团之一,它的确切性质尚不清楚:虽然它具有让人想起球状星团(GC)的特征,但它的大半径和丰度分布的建议引发了关于它起源于河外环境的讨论,可能是矮星系吸积的残余物。在这里,我们提出的第一个结果,从深中间波段测光的NGC 2419,这使我们能够寻找化学(轻元素)丰度的变化,金属丰度的蔓延,从而多个恒星星族通过良好校准的Stroemgren指数。
The MOND External Field Effect on the Dynamics of the Globular Clusters: General Considerations and Application to NGC 2419
本文在修正的牛顿动力学(MOND)框架下研究了外场对球状星团(GC)表面亮度和速度色散分布的影响。使用N-MODY,这是一个N-体模拟代码与MOND潜在的求解器,我们表明,一般的影响扩散集群,服从MOND在其大部分地区的外部场,是它推动的动力学向牛顿政权。另一方面,对于内部基本上是牛顿流体的更紧密的团簇,外场主要在紧密团簇的外部有效。作为一个案例研究,我们选择了遥远的银河系GC NGC 2419。通过改变星团质量、半光半径和质光比,我们的目标是找到一个模型,使用N-MODY最有效地再现观测数据。我们发现,即使我们考虑到银河系的外部场,牛顿普卢默球表示的观测数据比MOND的数量级总$χ^2$的表面亮度和速度色散。
Characterising the Globular Cluster Systems of Three Local Group Dwarf Galaxies: NGC6822, NGC147 and NGC185
University of Edinburgh(爱丁堡大学);Independent Researcher(独立研究者);University of Exeter(埃克塞特大学);University of Cambridge(剑桥大学);National Research Council Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics(国家研究委员会赫茨伯格天文学与天体物理学研究所);University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校);University of Leicester(莱斯特大学)
Probing the origin of the kilonova candidate GRB 230307A: analysis of host galaxy and offset
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas(巴西中心物理研究);Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo(圣埃斯皮里图联邦大学);Institute of Physics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro(里约热内卢联邦大学物理研究所);Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ(瓦隆戈天文台/里约热内卢联邦大学);Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina(圣卡塔琳娜联邦大学);Institut de Ciències del Cosmos (ICCUB), Universitat de Barcelona (UB)(巴塞罗那大学宇宙科学研究所)
Euclid: Data Release 1 (DR1) -- Fornax-7, an ultra-faint companion to the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy? A remote star cluster or dwarf satellite of the Fornax dSph
Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Observatoire astronomique de Strasbourg(斯特拉斯堡大学,法国国家科学研究中心,斯特拉斯堡天文台);Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales – Centre spatial de Toulouse(法国国家空间研究中心 - 图卢兹航天中心);Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh(爱丁堡大学天体物理研究所);Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University(巴黎天文台,PSL研究大学);INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte(意大利国家天体物理研究所卡波迪蒙特天文台);Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie(马克斯·普朗克天文学研究所);Institut UTINAM, Observatoire de Besançon(UTINAM研究所,贝桑松天文台)