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星系晕中II型造父变星的动力学

Kinematics of Type II Cepheids of the Galactic Halo

George Wallerstein, Elizabeth M. Farrell

摘要:

为了进一步了解星系晕的起源,我们重新研究了II型造父变星(T2 C),并从盖亚的第二次数据发布(DR 2)中获得了新的输入。对于周期从1天到20天的45颗T2 C,有25颗恒星的弛豫、自行和[Fe/H]值。只有5颗恒星的[Fe/H] <-1.5,而其余的恒星则表现为厚盘运动学,[Fe/H] >-0.90。我们比较了T2 C星和它们在Halo的球状星团中的表兄弟,发现含有T2 C星的球状星团显示出纯Halo星族的金属丰度和运动学特征。球状星团可能是在银河系整体坍缩期间形成的,而个别的厚盘T2 C恒星可能是从捕获前自我富集的小系统中捕获的。这两个星系群与目前被认为环绕银河系的微星系之间的关系尚不清楚。

英文摘要:

In a step toward understanding the origin of the Galactic Halo, we have reexamined Type II Cepheids (T2C) in the field with new input from the second data release (DR2) of Gaia. For 45 T2C with periods from 1 to 20 days, parallaxes, proper motions, and [Fe/H] values are available for 25 stars. Only 5 show [Fe/H] < -1.5, while the remaining stars show thick disk kinematics and [Fe/H] > -0.90. We have compared the T2C stars of the field with their cousins in the globular clusters of the Halo and found that the globular clusters with T2C stars show metallicities and kinematics of a pure Halo population. The globulars may have formed during the overall collapse of the Galaxy while the individual thick disk T2C stars may have been captured from small systems that self-enriched prior to capture. The relationship of these two populations to the micro-galaxies currently recognized as surrounding the Galaxy is unclear.

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