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半人马座欧米茄的新形成模型:天体物理过程的十字路口

A new formation model for omega Centauri: the crossroad of astrophysical processes

Kenji Bekki, Takuji Tsujimoto

摘要:

我们研究了银河系球状星团(GC)omega Cen与多个恒星星族的形成过程,基于我们最初的流体动力学模拟,包括II型超新星(SNe II)、渐近巨星分支(AGB)恒星和中子星合并(NSMs)的化学富集。主要结果如下。在其矮星系的中心区域,质量为2 × 10^7太阳质量的致密分子云在不到几百万年的时间内可以形成[Fe/H]变化范围很大的多个恒星星族。从SNe II和AGB星喷出的气体可以很好地混合,形成具有更高He丰度(Y)和更高[Fe/H]的新恒星。富He星强烈集中在GC的中心区域,因此GC可以显示出陡峭的Y负梯度。轻元素Fe的相对比例显示双峰分布为一个给定的[Fe/H]由于恒星形成的原始气体和AGB喷出物。[La[Ba/Fe]和[Ba/Fe]在[Fe/H]~-1.5时迅速增加,然后由于Fe从SNe Ⅱ排出而下降。虽然AGB喷出物几乎可以完全保留在集群内的介质,NSM喷出物可以保留只有部分。这种保留能力的差异是在ω Cen中观察到的独特的[Eu/Fe]-[Fe/H]和[La/Eu]-[Fe/H]关系的原因。一些观测结果,如[O/Na] $-$ [Fe/H]关系和径向[Fe/H]梯度,在本模型中还不能很好地再现。

英文摘要:

We investigate the formation processes of the Galactic globular cluster (GC) omega Cen with multiple stellar populations based on our original hydrodynamical simulations with chemical enrichment by Type II supernovae (SNe II), asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, and neutron star mergers (NSMs). The principal results are as follows. Multiple stellar populations with a wide range of [Fe/H] can be formed from rather massive and compact molecular cloud with a mass of 2 * 10^7 M_sun in the central region of its dwarf galaxy within less than a few hundred Myr. Gas ejected from SNe II and AGB stars can mix well to form new stars with higher He abundances (Y) and higher [Fe/H]. The He-rich stars are strongly concentrated in the GC's central region so that the GC can show a steep negative gradient of Y. Relative ratios of light elements to Fe show bimodal distributions for a given [Fe/H] owing to star formation from original gas and AGB ejecta. [La/Fe] and [Ba/Fe] can rapidly increase until [Fe/H]~-1.5 and then decrease owing to Fe ejection from SNe II. Although AGB ejecta can be almost fully retained in intra-cluster medium, NSM ejecta can be retained only partially. This difference in the retention capability is responsible for the observed unique [Eu/Fe]-[Fe/H] and [La/Eu]-[Fe/H] relations in omega Cen. Some observational results such as the [O/Na]$-$[Fe/H] relation and radial [Fe/H] gradient are yet to be well reproduced in the present model.

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