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半人马座ω巨分支恒星丰度的光谱匹配和聚类分析

Spectral matching for abundances and clustering analysis of stars on the giant branches of ω Centauri

Jeffrey D. Simpson, P. L. Cottrell, C. C. Worley

摘要:

我们测定了半人马座球状星团ω中221颗巨支星的恒星参数和丰度。光度法和低分辨率光谱法相结合用于确定温度、重力、金属度、[C/Fe]、[N/Fe]和[Ba/Fe]。这些丰度与以前的研究人员发现的一致,并扩大了集群的分析样本。k-means聚类分析被用来根据这些丰度将恒星分成四个同质组。这些恒星显示出[C/Fe]与[N/Fe]之间的预期关系。我们研究了CN-弱/强星在色星等图上的分布。渐近巨星分支星,从它们在色星等图上的位置中选出,几乎都是CN-弱的。这与红巨星分支形成对比,红巨星分支中有大量少数是CN-强。并与团簇形成和演化模型进行了比较。总体而言,这项研究表明,统计上显着的元素和进化的结论,可以从较低的分辨率光谱。

英文摘要:

We have determined stellar parameters and abundances for 221 giant branch stars in the globular cluster ω Centauri. A combination of photometry and lower-resolution spectroscopy was used to determine temperature, gravity, metallicity, [C/Fe], [N/Fe] and [Ba/Fe]. These abundances agree well with those found by previous researchers and expand the analysed sample of the cluster. k-means clustering analysis was used to group the stars into four homogeneous groups based upon these abundances. These stars show the expected anticorrelation in [C/Fe] to [N/Fe]. We investigated the distribution of CN-weak/strong stars on the colour-magnitude diagram. Asymptotic giant branch stars, which were selected from their position on the colour-magnitude diagram, were almost all CN-weak. This is in contrast to the red giant branch where a large minority were CN-strong. The results were also compared with cluster formation and evolution models. Overall, this study shows that statistically significant elemental and evolutionary conclusions can be obtained from lower resolution spectroscopy.

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