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NGC 5128(半人马座A)球状星团的化学丰度

Chemical Abundances of Globular Clusters in NGC 5128 (Centaurus A)

Svea Hernandez, Søren Larsen, Scott Trager, Lex Kaper, Paul Groot

摘要:

对早型星系NGC 5128(半人马座A)中20个球状星团(GC)的积分光谱进行了详细的丰度分析。在VLT上用X-Shooter观察GC。簇样品跨越$-1.92 < $ [Fe/H] $< -0.13$ dex的金属丰度范围。使用理论等时线,我们计算合成的积分光光谱,并计算各个丰度,直到获得与观测结果的最佳拟合。我们测量了Mg、Ca和Ti的丰度,发现在金属度[Fe/H] < $-$ 0.75 dex的NGC 5128 GC中,比在相同金属度的GC的MW中观察到的平均值略高的增强,其量级为$\sim$ 0.1 dex。如果NGC 5128中贫金属GC中的这种$α$增强是真实的,那么它可能暗示了与MW经历的化学富集历史不同的化学富集历史。我们还测量了20个GC中的9个中的Na丰度。我们发现这些集群中的6个集群内丰度变化的证据,我们看到增强的[Na/Fe] > $+$ 0.25 dex。我们获得了NGC 5128中GC种群样本的Cr,Mn和Ni的第一个丰度测量结果,并发现与MW中观察到的总体趋势一致,在NGC 5128中测量的Fe峰丰度略有增强($<$ 0.1 dex)。

英文摘要:

We perform a detailed abundance analysis on integrated-light spectra of 20 globular clusters (GCs) in the early-type galaxy NGC 5128 (Centaurus A). The GCs were observed with X-Shooter on the VLT. The cluster sample spans a metallicity range of $-1.92 < $ [Fe/H] $< -0.13$ dex. Using theoretical isochrones we compute synthetic integrated-light spectra and iterate the individual abundances until the best fit to the observations is obtained. We measured abundances of Mg, Ca, and Ti, and find a slightly higher enhancement in NGC 5128 GCs with metallicities [Fe/H] < $-$0.75 dex, of the order of $\sim$0.1 dex, than in the average values observed in the MW for GCs of the same metallicity. If this $α$-enhancement in the metal-poor GCs in NGC 5128 is genuine, it could hint at a chemical enrichment history different than that experienced by the MW. We also measure Na abundances in 9 out of 20 GCs. We find evidence for intra-cluster abundance variations in 6 of these clusters where we see enhanced [Na/Fe] > $+$0.25 dex. We obtain the first abundance measurements of Cr, Mn, and Ni for a sample of the GC population in NGC 5128 and find consistency with the overall trends observed in the MW, with a slight enhancement ($<$0.1 dex) in the Fe-peak abundances measured in the NGC 5128.

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