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arXiv 1707.09153astro-ph.GAastro-ph.SR
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麦哲伦云中的中年龄星团中多星族的动力学起源

The dynamical origin of multiple populations in intermediate-age clusters in the Magellanic Clouds

Jongsuk Hong, Richard de Grijs, Abbas Askar, Peter Berczik, Chengyuan Li, Long Wang, Licai Deng, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven, Mirek Giersz, Rainer Spurzem

摘要:

利用数值模拟方法研究了麦哲伦云中的中间年龄星团NGC 411和NGC 1806中多个恒星星族的起源。我们进行了NBODY 6 ++模拟的基础上两个不同的形成方案,一个特设的形成模型,第二代(SG)恒星内形成的第一代(FG)恒星的集群使用的气体积累从外部星系际介质和一个小合并模型的不等质量($M_{SG}$ / $M_{FG}$ ~5-10%)集群的年龄相差数亿年。我们比较了我们的结果,如SG-FG数比的径向轮廓与观测的假设,SG星的观测是由集群成员,并证实,无论是特设的形成和合并的情况下重现所观察到的SG-FG数比的径向趋势,这表明集中SG比FG星。仅仅利用SG星的空间分布很难约束多星族的形成方案。起源于合并方案的SG星显示出显着的速度各向异性和旋转功能相比,从特设形成的场景。因此,应获得针对SG星的速度各向异性或旋转速度等运动学性质的观测,以更好地了解这些星团中多个种群的形成。然而,这超出了当前仪器的能力。

英文摘要:

Numerical simulations were carried out to study the origin of multiple stellar populations in the intermediate-age clusters NGC 411 and NGC 1806 in the Magellanic Clouds. We performed NBODY6++ simulations based on two different formation scenarios, an ad hoc formation model where second-generation (SG) stars are formed inside a cluster of first-generation (FG) stars using the gas accumulated from the external intergalactic medium and a minor merger model of unequal mass ($M_{SG}$/$M_{FG}$ ~5-10%) clusters with an age difference of a few hundred million years. We compared our results such as the radial profile of the SG-to-FG number ratio with observations on the assumption that the SG stars in the observations are composed of cluster members, and confirmed that both the ad hoc formation and merger scenarios reproduce the observed radial trend of the SG-to-FG number ratio which shows less centrally concentrated SG than FG stars. It is difficult to constrain the formation scenario for the multiple populations by only using the spatial distribution of the SG stars. SG stars originating from the merger scenario show a significant velocity anisotropy and rotational features compared to those from the ad hoc formation scenario. Thus, observations aimed at kinematic properties like velocity anisotropy or rotational velocities for SG stars should be obtained to better understand the formation of the multiple populations in these clusters. This is, however, beyond current instrumentation capabilities.

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