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使用RR天琴座恒星和造父变星II绘制的麦哲伦星云三维图。小麦哲伦星云

Three dimensional maps of the Magellanic Clouds using RR Lyrae Stars and Cepheids II. The Small Magellanic Cloud

Raoul Haschke, Eva K. Grebel, Sonia Duffau

摘要:

我们使用光学引力透镜实验(OGLE III)调查的变星数据来确定小麦哲伦云(SMC)的三维结构。推导出个人的距离RR天琴座恒星和造父变星,我们调查这些示踪剂的老和年轻的人口在SMC的分布。光度估计的金属丰度被用来确定1494 RR天琴座恒星的距离,这些恒星的典型年龄大于9 Gyr。对于2522颗造父变星,年龄在几十到几百万年之间,距离是用它们的周期光度关系计算的。从每个恒星的固有颜色的个人红化估计用于获得高精度的三维地图。天琴座RR型星和造父变星的距离非常吻合。天琴座RR型恒星的平均距离为61.5 +/- 3.4 kpc。造父变星的平均距离为63.1 +/- 3.0 kpc。这两个星群都显示出扩展的星盘高度,其中天琴座RR星为2.0 +/- 0.4 kpc,造父变星为2.7 +/- 0.3 kpc。这证实了许多早期研究所提出的SMC深度很大。年轻人的取向与老恒星大不相同。我们发现天琴座RR型星的倾角为7° +/- 15°,位置角为83° +/- 21°,而造父变星的倾角为74° +/- 9°,位置角为66° +/- 15°。天琴座RR型星的分布相当均匀,而造父变星的分布则大致遵循天琴座的分布,它们的东北部比天琴座的西南部更靠近我们。SMC,LMC和银河系之间的相互作用可能是SMC年轻人口的倾斜,细长结构的原因。

英文摘要:

We use data on variable stars from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE III) survey to determine the three-dimensional structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Deriving individual distances to RR Lyrae stars and Cepheids we investigate the distribution of these tracers of the old and young population in the SMC. Photometrically estimated metallicities are used to determine the distances to 1494 RR Lyrae stars, which have typical ages greater than 9 Gyr. For 2522 Cepheids, with ages of a few tens to a few hundred Myr, distances are calculated using their period-luminosity relation. Individual reddening estimates from the intrinsic color of each star are used to obtain high precision three-dimensional maps. The distances of RR Lyrae stars and Cepheids are in very good agreement with each other. The median distance of the RR Lyrae stars is found to be 61.5 +/- 3.4 kpc. For the Cepheids a median distance of 63.1 +/- 3.0 kpc is obtained. Both populations show an extended scale height, with 2.0 +/- 0.4 kpc for the RR Lyrae stars and 2.7 +/- 0.3 kpc for the Cepheids. This confirms the large depth of the SMC suggested by a number of earlier studies. The young population is very differently oriented than the old stars. While we find an inclination angle of 7° +/- 15° and a position angle of 83° +/- 21° for the RR Lyrae stars, for the Cepheids an inclination of 74° +/- 9° and a position angle of 66° +/- 15° is obtained. The RR Lyrae stars show a fairly homogeneous distribution, while the Cepheids follow roughly the distribution of the bar with their northeastern part being closer to us than the southwestern part of the bar. Interactions between the SMC, LMC, and Milky Way are presumably responsible for the tilted, elongated structure of the young population of the SMC.

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