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远紫外线中的球状星团:河外球状星团中氦富集的第二种群的证据?

Globular clusters in the far-ultraviolet: evidence for He-enriched second populations in extra-galactic globular clusters?

Mark B. Peacock, Stephen E. Zepf, Arunav Kundu, Julia Chael

摘要:

我们研究了球状星团的积分远紫外辐射。本文根据HST WFPC 2 F170 W观测资料,提出了M~87星团的FUV测光新方法。我们使用这些数据来测试HST STIS FUV-MAMA观测的基础上公布的测光的可靠性,现在已知遭受显着的红色泄漏。我们一般确认这些以前的FUV检测,但建议他们可能有点暗淡。我们比较了银河系中亮($M_{V} < -9.0$)星系团M~31、M~81和M~87的FUV辐射,并与恒星星族模型的预测进行了比较。富金属的球状星团在FUV-V中表现出很大的分布,其中M~31、M~81和M~87中的一些星团比标准预测要蓝得多。这就要求一些富含金属的星团拥有大量的蓝色/极水平分支(HB)恒星。这些热的HB星通常不会出现在富金属环境中,而是星团中多个族群的自然结果-因为富集的族群被观察到是氦增强的,因此即使在高金属丰度下也会产生更蓝的HB星。我们的结论是,在M~31、M~81和M~87中观测到的富金属星系团的FUV辐射提供了证据,表明氦增强的第二布居,类似于在银河系中直接观测到的,可能是局部宇宙中球状星团的普遍特征。未来的HST FUV测光需要既确认我们对这些档案数据的解释,并提供对河外球状星团中富含氦的第二类恒星的限制。

英文摘要:

We investigate the integrated far-ultraviolet (FUV) emission from globular clusters. We present new FUV photometry of M~87's clusters based on archival HST WFPC2 F170W observations. We use these data to test the reliability of published photometry based on HST STIS FUV-MAMA observations, which are now known to suffer from significant red-leak. We generally confirm these previous FUV detections, but suggest they may be somewhat fainter. We compare the FUV emission from bright ($M_{V} < -9.0$) clusters in the Milky Way, M~31, M~81 and M~87 to each other and to the predictions from stellar populations models. Metal-rich globular clusters show a large spread in FUV-V, with some clusters in M~31, M~81 and M~87 being much bluer than standard predictions. This requires that some metal-rich clusters host a significant population of blue/extreme horizontal branch (HB) stars. These hot HB stars are not traditionally expected in metal-rich environments, but are a natural consequence of multiple populations in clusters - since the enriched population is observed to be He-enhanced and will therefore produce bluer HB stars, even at high metallicity. We conclude that the observed FUV emission from metal-rich clusters in M~31, M~81 and M~87 provides evidence that He-enhanced second populations, similar to those observed directly in the Milky Way, may be a ubiquitous feature of globular clusters in the local universe. Future HST FUV photometry is required to both confirm our interpretation of these archival data and provide constraints on He-enriched second populations of stars in extra-galactic globular clusters.

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