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SMC中中间年龄群Lindsay 1中多个人群的证据

Evidence for multiple populations in the intermediate age cluster Lindsay 1 in the SMC

K Hollyhead, N Kacharov, C Lardo, N Bastian, M Hilker, M Rejkuba, A Koch, E K Grebel, I Georgiev

摘要:

林赛1是小麦哲伦星云(SMC)中的一个中等年龄(约8 Gyr)的大质量星团。使用VLT FORS 2光谱的16个可能的集群成员在较低的RGB的集群,我们测量CN和CH带强度(分别在3883和4300埃),以及碳和氮的丰度,并发现一个子人口的恒星有显着的氮富集。碳丰度的缺乏传播排除了进化混合作为这种富集的来源,因此我们得出结论,这是多种群的证据。因此,L1是最年轻的星团,显示出这样的变化,这意味着触发多个种群的开始的过程必须至少运行到红移~1。

英文摘要:

Lindsay 1 is an intermediate age (approx 8 Gyr) massive cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Using VLT FORS2 spectra of 16 probable cluster members on the lower RGB of the cluster, we measure CN and CH band strengths (at 3883 and 4300 Angstroms respectively), along with carbon and nitrogen abundances and find that a sub-population of stars has significant nitrogen enrichment. A lack of spread in carbon abundances excludes evolutionary mixing as the source of this enrichment, so we conclude that this is evidence of multiple populations. Therefore, L1 is the youngest cluster to show such variations, implying that the process triggering the onset of multiple populations must operate until at least redshift ~1.

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