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NGC 7252大质量星团的光度分布和大小

Luminosity profiles and sizes of massive star clusters in NGC 7252

Nate Bastian, Francois Schweizer, Paul Goudfrooij, Soeren S. Larsen, Markus Kissler-Patig

摘要:

我们呈现了哈勃太空望远镜(HST)宽视场相机3(WFC 3)对合并残留物NGC 7252的图像。特别是,我们专注于星系内的36个年轻的大质量星系团(YMC)的表面亮度分布和有效半径,Reff。所有星团的质量都超过10^5 Msun,尽管距离星系64 Mpc,但在HST图像上(部分)解析。有效半径可以测量到约2.5 pc,最大的集群的Reff接近20 pc。我们的样本集群的中值Reff为~6-7 pc,大于YMC的典型半径(~2.5 pc)。这可能是由于我们的样本选择(只选择解决源)或集群人口内的内在质量-半径关系。我们发现至少有三个集群具有Elson,Fall和Freeman(1987,“EFF”)类型的幂律分布,扩展到>150 pc。其中有两个最大的集群,W3和W30,它们的轮廓分别延伸到至少500和250 pc。尽管他们的扩展配置文件,三个集群的有效半径分别为17.2,12.6和9.1 pc的W3,W26和W30,分别。我们比较这些扩展的配置文件与大麦哲伦星系(R136在30多尔)的YMCs,的星系结(S)和附近的螺旋星系NGC 6946。延伸的轮廓似乎是一个有点常见的功能,即使许多附近的YMC显示不同的截断。这两个极端之间的连续分布,即截断或极端扩展,是最可能的解释。我们认为,在{ \em非常年轻的集群}的扩展信封的存在或不存在可能是由于气体分布的原集群巨大的分子云,特别是如果原集群的核心成为不同于周围的气体恒星形成开始之前。

英文摘要:

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Wide-Field Camera 3 (WFC3) images of the merger remnant NGC 7252. In particular, we focus on the surface brightness profiles and effective radii, Reff, of 36 young massive clusters (YMCs) within the galaxy. All the clusters have masses exceeding 10^5 Msun and are, despite the 64 Mpc distance to the galaxy, (partly) resolved on the HST images. Effective radii can be measured down to ~2.5 pc, and the largest clusters have Reff approaching 20 pc. The median Reff of our sample clusters is ~6-7 pc, which is larger than typical radii of YMCs (~2.5 pc). This could be due to our sample selection (only selecting resolved sources) or to an intrinsic mass--radius relation within the cluster population. We find at least three clusters that have power-law profiles of the Elson, Fall, & Freeman (1987, "EFF") type extending out to >150 pc. Among them are the two most massive clusters, W3 and W30, which have profiles that extend to at least 500 and 250 pc, respectively. Despite their extended profiles, the effective radii of the three clusters are 17.2, 12.6 and 9.1 pc for W3, W26 and W30, respectively. We compare these extended profiles with those of YMCs in the LMC (R136 in 30 Dor), the Antennae galaxies (Knot S) and in the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 6946. Extended profiles seem to be a somewhat common feature, even though many nearby YMCs show distinct truncations. A continuous distribution between these two extremes, i.e. truncated or extremely extended, is the most likely interpretation. We suggest that the presence or absence of an extended envelope in {\em very young clusters} may be due to the gas distribution of the proto-cluster giant molecular cloud, in particular if the proto-cluster core becomes distinct from the surrounding gas before star formation begins.

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