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对Milky Way核团中双红团起源的新认识

New insight on the origin of the double red clump in the Milky Way bulge

Seok-Joo Joo, Young-Wook Lee, Chul Chung

摘要:

在银河系核球中观察到的双红团(RC)被广泛解释为X形结构的证据。然而,我们最近提出了一种基于多重星族现象的替代解释,其中明亮的RC来自氦增强的第二代恒星(G2),而暗淡的RC代表具有正常氦丰度的第一代恒星(G1)。在这里,我们的RC模型构建在一个大的参数空间,看看金属丰度,年龄和氦丰度的双RC功能的影响。我们的模型表明,RC星的光度主要受氦丰度的影响,而RC颜色主要受金属丰度的影响。年龄的影响相对较小,除非年龄大于12 Gyr或远小于6 Gyr。因此,一旦假设G2和G1之间的ΔY大于$\sim$ 0.10,则可以在相对较大的参数空间中再现观察到的双RC特征。我们进一步表明,在$b \approx -8.5 °$的双RC特征的经度依赖性,这是由Gonzalez等人指出的。(2015)作为我们的模型的一个潜在问题,在我们的场景中,嵌入在倾斜酒吧的经典凸起很好地解释。

英文摘要:

The double red clump (RC) observed in the Milky Way bulge is widely interpreted as evidence for an X-shaped structure. We have recently suggested, however, an alternative interpretation based on the multiple population phenomenon, where the bright RC is from helium enhanced second-generation stars (G2), while the faint RC is representing first-generation stars (G1) with normal helium abundance. Here our RC models are constructed in a large parameter space to see the effects of metallicity, age, and helium abundance on the double RC feature. Our models show that the luminosity of RC stars is mainly affected by helium abundance, while the RC color is primarily affected by metallicity. The effect of age is relatively small, unless it is older than 12 Gyr or much younger than 6 Gyr. The observed double RC feature can therefore be reproduced in a relatively large parameter space, once ΔY between G2 and G1 is assumed to be greater than $\sim$0.10. We further show that the longitude dependence of the double RC feature at $b \approx -8.5 °$, which was pointed out by Gonzalez et al. (2015) as a potential problem of our model, is well explained in our scenario by a classical bulge embedded in a tilted bar.

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