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球状星团M68(NGC 4590)的变率普查

A Census of Variability in Globular Cluster M68 (NGC 4590)

N. Kains, A. Arellano Ferro, R. Figuera Jaimes, D. M. Bramich, J. Skottfelt, U. G. Jørgensen, Y. Tsapras, R. A. Street, P. Browne, M. Dominik, K. Horne, M. Hund… 展开作者

N. Kains, A. Arellano Ferro, R. Figuera Jaimes, D. M. Bramich, J. Skottfelt, U. G. Jørgensen, Y. Tsapras, R. A. Street, P. Browne, M. Dominik, K. Horne, M. Hundertmark, S. Ipatov, C. Snodgrass, I. A. Steele, K. A. Alsubai, V. Bozza, S. Calchi Novati, S. Ciceri, G. D'Ago, P. Galianni, S. -H. Gu, K. Harpsøe, T. C. Hinse, D. Juncher, H. Korhonen, L. Mancini, A. Popovas, M. Rabus, S. Rahvar, J. Southworth, J. Surdej, C. Vilela, X. -B. Wang, O. Wertz

摘要:

我们分析了球状星团M68(NGC 4590)的20个夜晚的V和I波段CCD观测,利用这些来探测变星。我们还获得了这个星团的电子倍增CCD(EMCCD)观测结果,以便从地面以前所未有的空间分辨率探索其核心。我们使用差分图像分析来减少数据,以便在集群的拥挤区域中实现最佳的测光。在这样做的过程中,我们表明,当处理相同的联网望远镜时,来自任何望远镜的参考图像都可以用于减少来自任何其他望远镜的数据,这大大方便了分析。然后,我们使用我们的光变曲线估计的RR天琴座(RRL)星在M68通过傅立叶分解和经验关系的性质。变星的性质让我们可以推导出星团的金属丰度和距离。我们确定新的周期的变星,并寻找新的变量,特别是在核心的集群,我们的方法表现得特别好。我们发现了另外4颗SX Phe星,并确认了另一颗恒星的变异性,使该星团中确认的变星总数达到50颗。我们还使用档案数据追溯到1951年,以获得一些单模RRL星的周期变化,并分析了M68中大量的双模RRL星。此外,我们发现在这个集群中的SX Phe星之一的双模脉动的证据。使用不同类型的变量,我们得出了金属丰度的估计,[Fe/H]= $-2.07 \pm 0.06$的ZW规模,和4个独立的估计距离模数($μ_0 \sim$ 15.00等)为这个集群。由于第一次对M68的时间序列观测使用差分图像分析,我们现在有信心对该星团中的RRL星进行完整的普查。

英文摘要:

We analyse 20 nights of CCD observations in the V and I bands of the globular cluster M68 (NGC 4590), using these to detect variable objects. We also obtained electron-multiplying CCD (EMCCD) observations for this cluster in order to explore its core with unprecedented spatial resolution from the ground. We reduced our data using difference image analysis, in order to achieve the best possible photometry in the crowded field of the cluster. In doing so, we showed that when dealing with identical networked telescopes, a reference image from any telescope may be used to reduce data from any other telescope, which facilitates the analysis significantly. We then used our light curves to estimate the properties of the RR Lyrae (RRL) stars in M68 through Fourier decomposition and empirical relations. The variable star properties then allowed us to derive the cluster's metallicity and distance. We determine new periods for the variable stars, and search for new variables, especially in the core of the cluster where our method performs particularly well. We detect an additional 4 SX Phe stars, and confirm the variability of another star, bringing the total number of confirmed variable stars in this cluster to 50. We also used archival data stretching back to 1951 in order to derive period changes for some of the single-mode RRL stars, and analyse the significant number of double-mode RRL stars in M68. Furthermore, we find evidence for double-mode pulsation in one of the SX Phe stars in this cluster. Using the different types of variables, we derived an estimate of the metallicity, [Fe/H]=$-2.07 \pm 0.06$ on the ZW scale, and 4 independent estimates of the distance modulus ($μ_0 \sim$ 15.00 mag) for this cluster. Thanks to the first use of difference image analysis on time-series observations of M68, we are now confident that we have a complete census of the RRL stars in this cluster.

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