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47个图克星中白矮星冷却速率的经验测量

An Empirical Measure of the Rate of White Dwarf Cooling in 47 Tucanae

R. Goldsbury, J. Heyl, H. B. Richer, P. Bergeron, A. Dotter, J. S. Kalirai, J. MacDonald, R. M. Rich, P. B. Stetson, P. -E. Tremblay, K. A. Woodley

摘要:

我们提出了一个经验测定的白矮星冷却序列的球状星团47图克卡蒙。使用光谱模型,我们根据Wide Field Camera 3数据确定了887个物体的温度,并根据Advanced Camera for Surveys拍摄的数据确定了292个物体的温度。我们假设星系团中白矮星的形成速率是恒定的。恒星演化模型然后被用来确定物体离开主序的速率,这必须与物体到达我们领域的白矮星序的速率相同。其结果是根据经验得出的白矮星冷却序列的温度($T_{eff}$)和时间($t$)之间的关系。将该结果与理论冷却模型进行比较,我们发现在20,000K和30,000K之间以及在6,000K和20,000K之间的预期斜率基本一致,但是发现$T_{eff} \propto t^{-0.4}$向Mestel冷却速率的转变发生在更高的温度下,并且比任何这些模型预测的都要突然。

英文摘要:

We present an empirical determination of the white dwarf cooling sequence in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae. Using spectral models, we determine temperatures for 887 objects from Wide Field Camera 3 data, as well as 292 objects from data taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys. We make the assumption that the rate of white dwarf formation in the cluster is constant. Stellar evolution models are then used to determine the rate at which objects are leaving the main sequence, which must be the same as the rate at which objects are arriving on the white dwarf sequence in our field. The result is an empirically derived relation between temperature ($T_{eff}$) and time ($t$) on the white dwarf cooling sequence. Comparing this result to theoretical cooling models, we find general agreement with the expected slopes between 20,000K and 30,000K and between 6,000K and 20,000K, but the transition to the Mestel cooling rate of $T_{eff} \propto t^{-0.4}$ is found to occur at hotter temperatures, and more abruptly than is predicted by any of these models.

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