关于LeoI矮椭球星系中心的氦燃烧变星
On the central helium-burning variable stars of the LeoI dwarf spheroidal galaxy
摘要：
本文研究了本星系群矮球状星系LeoI的短周期中央氦燃烧变星，包括106颗天琴座RR型星和51颗造父变星。到目前为止，这是最大的造父变星样本，也是在这类星系中发现的最大的造父变星与天琴座RR的比例。与其他本星系群矮椭球体，船底座和天炉座的比较表明，天炉座RR型恒星的周期分布非常相似，这表明其母恒星群具有相似的性质，而狮子座I的造父变星周期分布在较长的周期处达到峰值（P \sim为1.26 d，而不是~0.5 d），并且跨越更宽的范围，从0.5到1.78 d。演化和脉动预测表明，假设平均金属丰度在-1.5 <=[Fe/H]<=-1.3范围内达到峰值，目前的LeoI造父变星样本追踪到了异常造父变星（红色团块的蓝色范围，部分电子简并的中心氦燃烧恒星）和短周期经典造父变星（蓝色环，静止的中心氦燃烧恒星）的独特混合。目前的演化公式也表明，两个不同恒星群之间的过渡质量是MHeF \sim 2.1 Mo，并且对于比[Fe/H] \sim-0.7更贫金属的恒星，它是恒定的。最后，我们简要概述了不同的影响，目前的研究结果对恒星形成历史的狮子座。
英文摘要：
We present a study of short period, central helium-burning variable stars in the Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxy LeoI, including 106 RR Lyrae stars and 51 Cepheids. So far, this is the largest sample of Cepheids and the largest Cepheids to RR Lyrae ratio found in such a kind of galaxy. The comparison with other Local Group dwarf spheroidals, Carina and Fornax, shows that the period distribution of RR Lyrae stars is quite similar, suggesting similar properties of the parent populations, whereas the Cepheid period distribution in LeoI peaks at longer periods (P \sim 1.26d instead of ~0.5d) and spans over a broader range, from 0.5 to 1.78d. Evolutionary and pulsation predictions indicate, assuming a mean metallicity peaked within -1.5<= [Fe/H]<=-1.3, that the current sample of LeoI Cepheids traces a unique mix of Anomalous Cepheids (blue extent of the red--clump, partially electron degenerate central helium-burning stars) and short-period classical Cepheids (blue-loop, quiescent central helium-burning stars). Current evolutionary prescriptions also indicate that the transition mass between the two different groups of stars is MHeF \sim 2.1 Mo, and it is constant for stars metal-poorer than [Fe/H]\sim-0.7. Finally, we briefly outline the different implications of the current findings on the star formation history of LeoI.
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