arXivDaily arXiv每日学术速递 周一至周五更新
arXiv 1301.2822astro-ph.SRastro-ph.GA
收藏

球状星团NGC 6388和NGC 6441中有趣的恒星星族

The intriguing stellar populations in the globular clusters NGC 6388 and NGC 6441

A. Bellini, G. Piotto, A. P. Milone, I. R. King, A. Renzini, S. Cassisi, J. Anderson, L. R. Bedin, D. Nardiello, A. Pietrinferni, A. Sarajedini

备注：
31 pages, 26 figures (some in low res to fit within astroph 15 MB limit), 7 tables, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
阅读 PDF
arXiv 页面 ↗HTML 原文 ↗

摘要：

NGC 6388和NGC 6441是两个巨大的银河系球状星团球状星团，它们有许多共同的性质，包括存在一个延伸的水平分支（HB），这是非常出乎意料的，因为它们的金属含量很高。在本文中，我们使用HST的WFPC2，ACS和WFC3图像，并提出了一个广泛的恒星内容的研究，涵盖了所有主要的演化分支。色星等图（CMD）给出了令人信服的证据，表明这两个星团至少拥有两个恒星星族，它们以不同的方式表现出来。NGC 6388有一个加宽的主序列（MS），一个分裂的次巨星分支（SGB）和一个分裂的红巨星分支（RGB），在我们的数据集中，它的红HB也分裂成两个分支。NGC 6441有一个分裂的MS，但只有两个SGB群体的指示，而RGB从SGB水平向上明显分裂为两个，并且没有红色HB结构。对CMD谱的分析证实了两个星团中两个主要恒星星族之间的He差一定是相似的。这是观测支持的HB形态，但也证实了在MS光学波段CMD的恒星的颜色分布。然而，在NGC 6441中使用UV颜色的MS分裂变得明显，而在NGC 6388中则没有，这表明两个集群中不同种群的化学模式不同，C，N，O丰度差异可能起主要作用。我们还分析了两个种群的径向分布。

英文摘要：

NGC 6388 and NGC 6441 are two massive Galactic bulge globular clusters which share many properties, including the presence of an extended horizontal branch (HB), quite unexpected because of their high metal content. In this paper we use HST's WFPC2, ACS, and WFC3 images and present a broad multicolor study of their stellar content, covering all main evolutionary branches. The color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) give compelling evidence that both clusters host at least two stellar populations, which manifest themselves in different ways. NGC 6388 has a broadened main sequence (MS), a split sub-giant branch (SGB), and a split red giant branch (RGB) that becomes evident above the HB in our data set; its red HB is also split into two branches. NGC 6441 has a split MS, but only an indication of two SGB populations, while the RGB clearly splits in two from the SGB level upward, and no red HB structure. The multicolor analysis of the CMDs confirms that the He difference between the two main stellar populations in the two clusters must be similar. This is observationally supported by the HB morphology, but also confirmed by the color distribution of the stars in the MS optical band CMDs. However, a MS split becomes evident in NGC 6441 using UV colors, but not in NGC 6388, indicating that the chemical patterns of the different populations are different in the two clusters, with C, N, O abundance differences likely playing a major role. We also analyze the radial distribution of the two populations.

机构、总结、中文摘要均由AI分析而来，可能存在错误，请以论文正文为准。

↑