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球状星团的外包络。I. NGC 7089(M2)

The Outer Envelopes of Globular Clusters. I. NGC 7089 (M2)

P. B. Kuzma, G. S. Da Costa, A. D. Mackey, T. A. Roderick

摘要:

本文介绍了对银河系球状星团NGC 7089(M2)外围宽视场成像巡天的结果。麦哲伦粘土望远镜上的MegaCam和布兰科望远镜上的暗能量相机获得了数据。我们发现,M2是嵌入在一个弥漫的恒星包层延伸到至少$\sim 60^{\prime}$($\sim 210$ pc)的径向距离-五倍的集群的标称潮汐半径。包层的形状接近圆形,径向密度的下降可以用指数的幂律$γ= -2.2 \pm 0.2$来描述,并且包含了整个系统光度的大约$1.6\%$。虽然不能使用现有的数据来确定包层的起源,但M2也拥有恒星星族,这些恒星族在铁和各种中子捕获元素的丰度方面表现出广泛的分散性,这一事实表明,该物体可能构成了一个矮星系的剥离核,该矮星系很久以前被银河系吸积并摧毁。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a wide-field imaging survey of the periphery of the Milky Way globular cluster NGC 7089 (M2). Data were obtained with MegaCam on the Magellan Clay Telescope, and the Dark Energy Camera on the Blanco Telescope. We find that M2 is embedded in a diffuse stellar envelope extending to a radial distance of at least $\sim 60^{\prime}$ ($\sim 210$ pc) -- five times the nominal tidal radius of the cluster. The envelope appears nearly circular in shape, has a radial density decline well described by a power law of index $γ= -2.2 \pm 0.2$, and contains approximately $1.6\%$ of the luminosity of the entire system. While the origin of the envelope cannot be robustly identified using the presently available data, the fact that M2 also hosts stellar populations exhibiting a broad dispersion in the abundances of both iron and a variety of neutron capture elements suggests that this object might plausibly constitute the stripped nucleus of a dwarf Galaxy that was long ago accreted and destroyed by the Milky Way.

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