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星团AgeS实验(CASE):球状星团中的变星M4

The Clusters AgeS Experiment (CASE): Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster M4

J. Kaluzny, I. B. Thompson, M. Rozyczka, W. Krzeminski

摘要:

基于1995-2009年收集的3000多张M4 BV图像,我们获得了22个变量的光变曲线,其中10个是新发现的物体。我们确定了四个独立的食双星和八个接触双星。除了两个变量外,所有变量都有准确的周期。19颗变星是星团中自行的成员,其余3颗是场星。五个变量是X射线源的光学对应物。对于与X射线源无关的变量之一,我们报告了一个耀斑持续约90分钟,达到0.11等V的振幅。一个新的接触双星具有创纪录的低质量比q=0.06。另外四个这样的系统显示出季节间的光度变化,可能与磁活动周期有关,尽管旋转周期存在巨大差异,但其长度与太阳周期惊人地相似。接触双星在M4的色星等图上的位置强烈地表明,至少在球状星团中,使EW系统能够从接近但分离的双星形成的主要因素是恒星演化。我们在M4中识别出46个蓝色和黄色离散星,并讨论了它们的性质。我们还导出了M4中心部分的差异消光图,并确定了选定参考区的红化E(B-V)= 0.392ma。

英文摘要:

Based on over 3000 BV images of M4 collected in years 1995-2009 we obtain light curves of 22 variables, 10 of which are newly detected objects. We identify four detached eclipsing binaries and eight contact binaries. Accurate periods are found for all but two variables. Nineteen variables are proper-motion members of the cluster, and the remaining three are field stars. Five variables are optical counterparts of X-ray sources. For one of the variables unassociated with X-ray sources we report a flare lasting for about 90 min and reaching an amplitude of 0.11 mag in V. One of the new contact binaries has a record-low mass ratio q=0.06. Another four such systems show season-to season luminosity variations probably related to magnetic activity cycles, whose lengths are surprisingly similar to that of the solar cycle despite a huge difference in rotational periods. The location of contact binaries on the color-magnitude diagram of M4 strongly suggests that at least in globular clusters the principal factor enabling EW systems to form from close but detached binaries is stellar evolution. We identify 46 blue and yellow stragglers in M4 and discuss their properties. We also derive a map of the differential extinction in the central part of M4, and determine the reddening of a selected reference region, E(B-V)= 0.392 mag.

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