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具有金属丰度分布的异常球状星团的形成:一个统一的图象

Formation of anomalous globular clusters with metallicity spreads: A unified picture

Kenji Bekki, Takuji Tsujimoto

摘要:

最近的观测表明,银河系中至少有8个球状星团(GC)在[Fe/H]上表现出内部丰度分布。我们调查的起源,这些“异常”GC使用的GC在围绕银河系的轨道和化学演化模型的矮星托管GC的矮星的数值模拟。主要结果如下。在一个总质量约为10^10 M_sun的宿主矮星系中形成的GC,如果它们的质量大于3*10^5 M_sun,并且形成于内部区域(R<400 pc),那么它们可以在宿主被银河系完全摧毁之前合并形成一个核GC。GC合并的残余物可以在其螺旋进入核区域的过程中捕获场星。如果两个GC是由其宿主矮星中相隔约3亿年的恒星形成事件形成的,那么由GC合并形成的新GC可以有0.2 dex的[Fe/H]扩展和0.3 dex的[Ba/Fe]扩展。由GC合并形成的GC可以根据其宿主化学演化的细节而显示出各种内部丰度分布。我们认为,异常GC形成GC合并之前发生的GC主机矮星的破坏,但负责观察到的轻元素的化学丰度之间的反相关的自富集过程后。我们还认为,在银河系GC M22中观察到的[Eu/Fe]对[Fe/H]的依赖性是大质量矮星系托管这些异常GC的证据。

英文摘要:

Recent observations have revealed that at least 8 globular clusters (GCs) in the Galaxy show internal abundance spreads in [Fe/H]. We investigate the origin of these `anomalous' GCs using numerical simulations of GCs in the dwarfs orbiting around the Galaxy and chemical evolution model of dwarfs hosting the GCs. The principal results are as follows. GCs formed in a host dwarf galaxy with a total mass of ~ 10^10 M_sun can merge to form a single nuclear GC before the host is completely destroyed by the Galaxy, if they are massive (> 3*10^5 M_sun) and if they are formed in the inner region (R<400 pc). The GC merger remnants can capture field stars during its spiral-in to nuclear regions. If two GCs are formed from star formation events separated by ~300 Myr in their host dwarf, then the new GC formed from GC merging can have [Fe/H] spread of 0.2 dex and [Ba/Fe] spread of 0.3 dex. GCs formed from GC merging can show variety of internal abundance spreads depending on the details of their hosts' chemical evolution. We suggest that anomalous GCs were formed from GC merging that occurred before the destruction of GC host dwarfs yet after self-enrichment processes responsible for the observed anti-correlations between chemical abundances of light elements. We also suggest that the observed no/little dependence of [Eu/Fe] on [Fe/H] in the Galactic GC M22 is evidence of massive dwarf galaxies hosting these anomalous GCs.

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