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数据和恒星模型中的红巨星分支撞击星计数

Red Giant Branch Bump Star Counts in Data and Stellar Models

David M. Nataf

摘要:

我们比较模型预测的红巨星分支凸块(RGBB)相对于第一个上升的红巨星分支的数量密度在RGBB,$EW_{RGBB}$的大小的恒星计数的观察。BaSTI模型的预测结果超过数据的$(5.2 \pm 4.3)$ %,达特茅斯模型的预测结果超过数据的$(17.1 \pm 4.3)$ %,其中列出的误差纯粹是统计学上的。如果假设银河系球状星团金属丰度标度分别被高估了$\sim 0.11$ dex和$\sim 0.36$ dex的线性位移,则这两个偏移量都为零。这种基于RGBB星计数的推断与$Δ$ [M/H] $\approx$ 0.20 dex的金属丰度增加方向相反,这将需要固定预测和观测到的RGBB光度之间的偏移。这种比较是对恒星内部“深度混合”模型的一个限制,该模型预测RGBB恒星数量减少而不是增加。我们将RGBB星计数的预测作为[Fe/H]、[ $α$ /Fe]、CNONa、初始氦丰度和年龄的函数制成表格。虽然我们的研究表明一个小的零点校准问题,RGBB星计数仍然应该是一个可行的参数,以限制恒星星族在微分意义上。最显著的异常值是朝向星团NGC 5025(M53)、NGC 6723和NGC 7089(M2),它们中的每一个都显示出RGBB恒星数的$\sim 2 σ$缺陷。

英文摘要:

We compare model predictions to observations of star counts in the red giant branch bump (RGBB) relative to the number density of first-ascent red giant branch at the magnitude of the RGBB, $EW_{RGBB}$. The predictions are shown to exceed the data by $(5.2 \pm 4.3)$% for the BaSTI models and by $(17.1 \pm 4.3)$% for the Dartmouth models, where the listed errors are purely statistical. These two offsets are brought to zero if the Galactic globular cluster metallicity scale is assumed to be overestimated by a linear shift of $\sim 0.11$ dex and $\sim 0.36$ dex respectively. This inference based on RGBB star counts goes in the opposite direction to the increase in metallicities of $Δ$[M/H]$\approx$0.20 dex that would be required to fix the offset between predicted and observed RGBB luminosities. This comparison is a constraint on "deep mixing" models of stellar interiors, which predict decreased rather than increased RGBB star counts. We tabulate the predictions for RGBB star counts as a function of [Fe/H], [$α$/Fe], CNONa, initial helium abundance, and age. Though our study suggests a small zero-point calibration issue, RGBB star counts should nonetheless be an actionable parameter with which to constrain stellar populations in the differential sense. The most significant outliers are toward the clusters NGC 5025 (M53), NGC 6723, and NGC 7089 (M2), each of which shows a $\sim 2 σ$ deficit in their RGBB star counts.

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