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Local Group星系中的变星。IV。低密度星系环形山中心区域的RR天琴座恒星II

Variable Stars in Local Group Galaxies. IV. RR Lyrae stars in the central regions of the low-density galaxy Crater II

M. Monelli, A. R. Walker, C. E. Martìnez-Vàzquez, P. B. Stetson, C. Gallart, E. J. Bernard, G. Bono, A. K. Vivas, G. Andreuzzi, M. Dall'Ora, G. Fiorentino, A. Dorta

摘要:

本文对新近发现的Crater~II矮星系中的变星进行了搜寻和分析。利用艾萨克·牛顿望远镜($\sim$视场0.44平方度)的$B$、$V$、$I$数据,我们共观测到37颗变星,其中34颗是Crater~II的RR型天琴座星(28颗RRab,4颗RRc,2颗RRd)。我们应用了与金属无关的($V$,$B-V$)周期-韦森关系,并导出了真实距离模量($μ$ = 20.30 $\pm$ 0.08 mag($σ$ =0.16 mag))。通过反演预测的$I$波段周期光度关系,得到了RR型天琴座星的单个金属丰度。我们发现平均金属丰度为[Fe/H]=-1.64和$σ_{[Fe/H]}$ =0.21 dex的标准偏差,与可忽略或消失的内在金属丰度分散相容。对色-星等图的分析显示,与其他银河系矮星和具有类似金属丰度的球状星团不一致的蓝色水平分支恒星非常缺乏。

英文摘要:

We present a search and analysis of variable stars in the recently discovered Crater~II dwarf galaxy. Based on $B$, $V$, $I$ data collected with the Isaac Newton Telescope (FoV$\sim$0.44 square degrees) we detected 37 variable stars, of which 34 are bone-fide RR Lyrae stars of Crater~II (28 RRab, 4 RRc, 2 RRd). We applied the metal-independent ($V$, $B-V$) Period--Wesenheit relation and derived a true distance modulus ($μ$ = 20.30$\pm$0.08 mag ($σ$=0.16 mag). Individual metallicities for RR Lyrae stars were derived by inversion of the predicted $I$-band Period-Luminosity relation. We find a mean metallicity of [Fe/H]=-1.64 and a standard deviation of $σ_{[Fe/H]}$ =0.21 dex, compatible with either negligible or vanishing intrinsic metallicity dispersion. The analysis of the Colour-Magnitude Diagram reveals a stark paucity of blue horizontal branch stars, at odds with other Galactic dwarfs, and globular clusters with similar metal abundances.

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