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VMC调查。XXV。经典造父变星小麦哲伦云的三维结构

The VMC Survey. XXV. The 3D structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud from Classical Cepheids

Vincenzo Ripepi, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Maria Ida Moretti, Marcella Marconi, Kenji Bekki, Gisella Clementini, Richard de Grijs, Jim Emerson, Martin A. T. Groenewe… 展开作者

Vincenzo Ripepi, Maria-Rosa L. Cioni, Maria Ida Moretti, Marcella Marconi, Kenji Bekki, Gisella Clementini, Richard de Grijs, Jim Emerson, Martin A. T. Groenewegen, Valentin D. Ivanov, Roberto Molinaro, Tatiana Muraveva, Joana M. Oliveira, Andrès E. Piatti, Smitha Subramanian, Jacco Th. van Loon

摘要:

“麦哲伦星系的VISTA近红外YJK巡天”(VMC)正在收集两个麦哲伦星云及其连接桥所承载的脉动恒星的深KS波段时间序列测光。在这里,我们提出了YJK光变曲线的717个小麦哲伦云(SMC)的经典造父变星(CC)的样本。这些数据,补充了我们以前的结果和V的大小从文献中,使我们能够构建各种周期光度和周期Wesenwestern的关系,有效的基本,第一和第二泛音反射器。这些关系提供了在超过40平方米的面积上到SMC中CC的精确的个体距离。°的采用文献关系,我们估计了大多数被调查的星系核的年龄和金属丰度,发现:i)年龄分布是双峰型的,在120+-10,000万年和220+-10,000万年有两个峰值; ii)金属丰度越高的星系核似乎越靠近星系中心。我们的研究结果表明,在SMC中的CC的三维分布,是不是平面的,但严重拉长超过25-30千秒差距约在东/东北向西南方向。SMC中的年轻CC和老CC表现出不同的几何分布。我们的数据支持目前的理论方案,预测一个近距离接触或云之间的直接碰撞约2亿年前,并确认存在的一些模型预测的反桥。高精度的年轻恒星三维分布为未来探索麦哲伦星系形成和演化的模型提供了一个新的实验平台。

英文摘要:

The "VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic System" (VMC) is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of pulsating stars hosted by the two Magellanic Clouds and their connecting Bridge. Here we present YJKs light curves for a sample of 717 Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) Classical Cepheids (CCs). These data, complemented with our previous results and V magnitude from literature, allowed us to construct a variety of period-luminosity and period-Wesenheit relationships, valid for Fundamental, First and Second Overtone pulsators. These relations provide accurate individual distances to CCs in the SMC over an area of more than 40 sq. deg. Adopting literature relations, we estimated ages and metallicities for the majority of the investigated pulsators, finding that: i) the age distribution is bimodal, with two peaks at 120+-10 and 220+-10 Myr; ii) the more metal-rich CCs appear to be located closer to the centre of the galaxy. Our results show that the three-dimensional distribution of the CCs in the SMC, is not planar but heavily elongated for more than 25-30 kpc approximately in the east/north-east towards south-west direction. The young and old CCs in the SMC show a different geometric distribution. Our data support the current theoretical scenario predicting a close encounter or a direct collision between the Clouds some 200 Myr ago and confirm the presence of a Counter-Bridge predicted by some models. The high precision three-dimensional distribution of young stars presented in this paper provides a new testbed for future models exploring the formation and evolution of the Magellanic System.

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