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LMC中~2 Gyr老星系团Hodge 6的多星族谱探测

Spectroscopic detection of multiple populations in the ~2 Gyr old cluster Hodge 6 in the LMC

K. Hollyhead, S. Martocchia, C. Lardo, N. Bastian, N. Kacharov, F. Niederhofer, I. Cabrera-Ziri, E. Dalessandro, A. Mucciarelli, M. Salaris, C. Usher

摘要:

我们报告的光谱发现的丰度蔓延(即多个人口)的~2 Gyr老集群在LMC,霍奇6。我们使用低分辨率VLT FORS 2光谱的15个成员星在集群中测量它们的CN和CH带强度在~3883和4300 A,分别,以及[C/Fe]和[N/Fe]丰度。我们发现了一个由2颗富含氮的恒星组成的子种群,我们得出结论,这个子种群是霍奇6中多个种群的证据。这是第二个~2 Gyr年龄的星团(第一个是LMC中的NGC 1978),显示多个人口和第一次在这个年龄的星团中光谱检测到MP。这一结果是有趣的,因为它暗示了一个可能的关系,在集群中的扩展主序列关闭的消失年龄小于~2 Gyr和多个群体的发病在~2 Gyr,这应该进一步探讨。

英文摘要:

We report the spectroscopic discovery of abundance spreads (i.e. multiple populations) in the ~2 Gyr old cluster in the LMC, Hodge 6. We use low resolution VLT FORS2 spectra of 15 member stars in the cluster to measure their CN and CH band strengths at ~3883 and 4300 A, respectively, as well as [C/Fe] and [N/Fe] abundances. We find a sub-population of 2 stars that are enriched in nitrogen, and we conclude that this sub-population is evidence of multiple populations in Hodge 6. This is the second ~2 Gyr old cluster (the first being NGC 1978 in the LMC) to show multiple populations and the first spectroscopic detection of MPs in a cluster of this age. This result is interesting as it hints at a possible relationship between the disappearance of extended main sequence turn-offs in clusters younger than ~2 Gyr and the onset of multiple populations at ~2 Gyr, which should be explored further.

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