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三个室女座椭圆星系中球状星团比频对新星速率的影响

Exploring the Role of Globular Cluster Specific Frequency on the Nova Rates in Three Virgo Elliptical Galaxies

C. Curtin, A. W. Shafter, C. J. Pritchet, J. D. Neill, A. Kundu, T. J. Maccarone

摘要:

有人提出,一个星系的新星率可能会通过在其球状星团(GC)的致密核心中产生新星祖先双星来提高。为了探索这一想法,在三个室女座椭圆星系,M87,M49和M84,这有显着不同的GC比频率($S_{N}$)的14,3.6和1.6,分别测量了4个历元的过程中,跨越14个月的相对新星率。为了简化分析,我们在相同的夜晚,用相同的积分时间,通过相同的滤波器(H $α$),对几乎等距的星系进行了观测,这样发现的新星的相对数量就可以反映出相对的新星率。在我们的调查结束时,我们总共发现了27颗与M87相关的新星,37颗与M49相关,19颗与M84相关。在对调查的完整性进行校正后,我们发现了M87、M49和M84的$154^{+23}_{-19}$、$189^{+26}_{-22}$和$95^{+15}_{-14}$的年新星率,分别对应于每$10^{10}~L_{K,\odot}$每年$3.8\pm1.0$、$3.4\pm0.6$和$3.0\pm0.6$新星的$K$波段光度特异性新星率。我们研究的总体结果表明,星系的新星率仅与其光度成比例,对其GC特定频率不敏感。两颗新星,一颗在M87,一颗在M84,被发现与已知的GC在空间上一致。校正GC中的质量分数后,我们估计,新星可能会增强相对于该领域的至少一个数量级的GC系统的发光室女座椭圆。

英文摘要:

It has been proposed that a galaxy's nova rate might be enhanced by the production of nova progenitor binaries in the dense cores of its globular clusters (GCs). To explore this idea, relative nova rates in three Virgo elliptical galaxies, M87, M49 and M84, which have significantly different GC specific frequencies ($S_{N}$) of 14, 3.6, and 1.6, respectively, were measured over the course of 4 epochs spanning a period of 14 months. To simplify the analysis, observations of the nearly equidistant galaxies were made on the same nights, with the same integration times, and through the same filter (H$α$), so that the relative numbers of novae discovered would reflect the relative nova rates. At the conclusion of our survey we found a total of 27 novae associated with M87, 37 with M49, and 19 with M84. After correcting for survey completeness, we found annual nova rates of $154^{+23}_{-19}$, $189^{+26}_{-22}$, and $95^{+15}_{-14}$, for M87, M49, and M84, respectively, corresponding to $K$-band luminosity-specific nova rates of $3.8\pm1.0$, $3.4\pm0.6$, and $3.0\pm0.6$ novae per year per $10^{10}~L_{K,\odot}$. The overall results of our study suggest that a galaxy's nova rate simply scales with its luminosity, and is insensitive to its GC specific frequency. Two novae, one in M87 and one in M84, were found to be spatially coincident with known GCs. After correcting for the mass fraction in GCs, we estimate that novae are likely enhanced relative to the field by at least an order of magnitude in the GC systems of luminous Virgo ellipticals.

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