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由积分光光谱学得到的详细丰度:Milky Way球状星团

Detailed abundances from integrated-light spectroscopy: Milky Way globular clusters

S. S. Larsen, J. P. Brodie, J. Strader

摘要:

我们测试我们的分析技术的集成光光谱的性能,通过将其应用到七个良好的研究银河系GC跨越广泛的金属丰度。通过扫描ESO甚大望远镜上UVES摄谱仪的狭缝,在星团的半光直径范围内获得了积分光谱。我们使用解析的HST色星等图(CMD)以及理论等时线,结合标准恒星大气和光谱合成代码对光谱进行了建模。Fe,Na,Mg,Ca,Ti,Cr和Ba的丰度与星团中单个恒星的文献数据进行了比较。铁丰度之间的典型差异来自我们的积分光光谱和那些从文献中编译的是小于0.1德克斯。其中一个星系团(NGC 6752)的差异更大,这很可能主要是由扫描区域内明亮红巨星数量的随机波动造成的。正如预期的那样,与太阳尺度的组成相比,α元素(Ca,Ti)增加了约0.3 dex,而[Cr/Fe]比接近太阳。当使用最新的线列表,我们的[Mg/Fe]比也同意与文献数据。我们的[Na/Fe]比平均值比文献中引用的平均值低0.08-0.14 dex,而我们的[Ba/Fe]比在最低金属丰度时可能被高估0.20-0.35 dex。我们发现,基于理论等时线的分析得到非常相似的结果,那些基于解决CMD。总的来说,我们的积分光丰度测量和文献数据之间的协议是令人满意的。改进建模程序,如恒星演化和非LTE效应的校正,可能会进一步减少一些剩余的偏移。

英文摘要:

We test the performance of our analysis technique for integrated-light spectra by applying it to seven well-studied Galactic GCs that span a wide range of metallicities. Integrated-light spectra were obtained by scanning the slit of the UVES spectrograph on the ESO Very Large Telescope across the half-light diameters of the clusters. We modelled the spectra using resolved HST colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs), as well as theoretical isochrones, in combination with standard stellar atmosphere and spectral synthesis codes. The abundances of Fe, Na, Mg, Ca, Ti, Cr, and Ba were compared with literature data for individual stars in the clusters. The typical differences between iron abundances derived from our integrated-light spectra and those compiled from the literature are less than 0.1 dex. A larger difference is found for one cluster (NGC 6752), and is most likely caused primarily by stochastic fluctuations in the numbers of bright red giants within the scanned area. As expected, the alpha-elements (Ca, Ti) are enhanced by about 0.3 dex compared to the Solar-scaled composition, while the [Cr/Fe] ratios are close to Solar. When using up-to-date line lists, our [Mg/Fe] ratios also agree well with literature data. Our [Na/Fe] ratios are, on average, 0.08-0.14 dex lower than average values quoted in the literature, and our [Ba/Fe] ratios may be overestimated by 0.20-0.35 dex at the lowest metallicities. We find that analyses based on theoretical isochrones give very similar results to those based on resolved CMDs. Overall, the agreement between our integrated-light abundance measurements and the literature data is satisfactory. Refinements of the modelling procedure, such as corrections for stellar evolutionary and non-LTE effects, might further reduce some of the remaining offsets.

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