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47个图森蓝离散星的形成与演化

Formation and Evolution of Blue Stragglers in 47 Tucanae

Javiera Parada, Harvey Richer, Jeremy Heyl, Jason Kalirai, Ryan Goldsbury

摘要:

蓝离散星(英语:Blue stragglers,BSS)是在色星等图(英语:Color-Magnitude Diagram,CMD)中位于星团主序星关闭点(英语:Main Sequence turn-off point)上方的恒星。利用47 Tuc核的紫外(UV)观测数据,识别了CMD中的各种恒星星族,并利用它们的径向分布研究了BSS的演化和起源,得到了BSS系统质量的动力学估计。当我们将BSS按星等分为两个样本时,我们发现明亮的BSS显示出更集中的径向分布,因此质量估计更高(这些BSS系统的TO质量超过两倍),这表明起源涉及三重或多重恒星系统。相比之下,微弱的BSS不太集中,具有类似于主序(MS)双星的径向分布,这表明MS双星可能是这些BSS的祖先。将我们的数据与可见光中的可用光度数据结合起来,并使用MESA演化模型,我们计算了恒星正常演化的每个演化阶段的预期恒星数量和来自BSS演化的恒星数量。结果表明,BSS有一个后MS的演化与一个正常的恒星相同的质量和MS BSS的寿命约为200-300万年。我们还发现,在47 Tuc的渐近巨星分支(AGB)恒星的人口过剩是由于进化的BSS。

英文摘要:

Blue stragglers (BSS) are stars whose position in the Color-Magnitude Diagram (CMD) places them above the main sequence turn-off (TO) point of a star cluster. Using data from the core of 47 Tuc in the ultraviolet (UV), we have identified various stellar populations in the CMD, and used their radial distributions to study the evolution and origin of BSS, and obtain a dynamical estimate of the mass of BSS systems. When we separate the BSS into two samples by their magnitude, we find that the bright BSS show a much more centrally concentrated radial distribution and thus higher mass estimate (over twice the TO mass for these BSS systems), suggesting an origin involving triple or multiple stellar systems. In contrast, the faint BSS are less concentrated, with a radial distribution similar to the main sequence (MS) binaries, pointing to the MS binaries as the likely progenitors of these BSS. Putting our data together with available photometric data in the visible and using MESA evolutionary models, we calculate the expected number of stars in each evolutionary stage for the normal evolution of stars and the number of stars coming from the evolution of BSS. The results indicate that BSS have a post-MS evolution comparable to that of a normal star of the same mass and a MS BSS lifetime of about 200-300 Myr. We also find that the excess population of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in 47 Tuc is due to evolved BSS.

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