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星团NGC 1651特殊色星等图的不同模型解释

Explanation of a special color-magnitude diagram of star cluster NGC 1651 from different models

Zhongmu Li, Caiyan Mao, Li Chen

摘要:

球状星团NGC 1651的色星等图(CMD)具有特殊的结构,包括一个宽的主序、一个扩展的主序关闭和一个扩展的红巨星团。这种特殊CMD的原因尚不清楚。为了检验不同的恒星星族假设的结果有多大的差异,我们通过八种模型研究了来自哈勃空间望远镜档案的高质量的星系团命名星表NGC1651。距离模数,消光,年龄范围,恒星形成模式,双星的分数,和旋转恒星的分数的确定,然后进行比较。结果表明,无论有无年龄扩展,恒星星族都能再现观测到的CMD的特殊结构。恒星形成时间从1.8\,Gyrs前延长到1.4\,Gyrs前的复合星群,其中包含50%的双星和70%的自转星,最适合观测到的CMD。同时,一个1.5Gyr的由旋转星组成的简单星族也能很好地拟合观测到的CMD。CMD拟合的结果表明,强烈依赖于恒星星族类型(简单或复合),和旋转子的分数。如果NGC1651的成员星是在一次恒星爆发中形成的,那么恒星自转的影响对于解释观测到的CMD是非常重要的。否则,效果可能很小。特别观测到的CMD也有可能是双星、自转和年龄扩散综合作用的结果。因此,进一步研究中间年龄星团的恒星星族类型和自转星比例对于理解它们观测到的CMD是必要的。

英文摘要:

The color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of globular cluster NGC1651 has special structures including a broad main sequence, an extended main sequence turn-off and an extended red giant clump. The reason for such special CMDs remains unclear. In order to test how different the results from various stellar population assumptions are, we study a high-quality CMD of NGC1651 from the Hubble Space Telescope archive via eight kinds of models. Distance modulus, extinction, age ranges, star formation mode, fraction of binaries, and fraction of rotational stars are determined and then compared. The results show that stellar populations both with and without age spread can reproduce the special structure of the observed CMD. A composite population with extended star formation from 1.8\,Gyrs ago to 1.4\,Gyrs ago, which contains 50 per cent binaries and 70 per cent rotational stars, fits the observed CMD best. Meanwhile, a 1.5\,Gyr-old simple population that consists of rotational stars can also fit the observed CMD well. The results of CMD fitting are shown to depend strongly on stellar population type (simple or composite), and fraction of rotators. If the member stars of NGC1651 formed in a single star burst, the effect of stellar rotation should be very important for the explanation of observed CMDs. Otherwise, the effect may be small. It is also possible that the special observed CMD is a result of the combined effects of stellar binarity, rotation and age spread. Therefore, further work on stellar population type and fraction of rotational stars of intermediate-age clusters are necessary to understand their observed CMDs.

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