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银河系球状星团M19中的两颗亮Post-AGB星

Two Luminous Post-AGB Stars in the Galactic Globular Cluster M19

Howard E. Bond, Brian D. Davis, Michael H. Siegel, Robin Ciardullo

摘要:

我们报告在球状星团(GC)M19(NGC 6273)中发现了一颗发光的“黄色”后渐近巨支(PAGB)星,这是我们在银河系GC的uBVI调查中发现的。uBVI测光系统经过优化,可以探测具有大的巴耳末不连续性的恒星,这表明表面重力非常低,光度很高。恒星的光谱能量分布(SED)与6250 K的有效温度和$\log g=0.5$的表面重力相一致。我们使用盖亚数据表明,恒星的自行和径向速度是一致的集群成员。我们计划的一个目的是测试黄色PAGB恒星作为候选人第二人口标准蜡烛确定河外距离。我们得到了M19恒星的绝对视星等为$M_V=-3.39\pm0.09$。这与在GC ω Cen、NGC 5986和M79中发现的黄色PAGB星的$M_V$值非常一致,表明光度函数非常窄。这些天体比天琴座RR型变星亮四等,它们可以在很大程度上避免星际灭绝的问题,而星际灭绝是星族I距离指标的一个问题。我们还在M19中发现了第二个发光的PAGB天体,这是一颗更热的“紫外亮”恒星。其SED与约11,750 K的有效温度和$\log g=2.0$一致。这两个天体的辐射热光度几乎相同,分别为$\log L/L_\odot=3.24$和3.22。

英文摘要:

We report the discovery of a luminous "yellow" post-asymptotic-giant-branch (PAGB) star in the globular cluster (GC) M19 (NGC 6273), identified during our uBVI survey of Galactic GCs. The uBVI photometric system is optimized to detect stars with large Balmer discontinuities, indicating very low surface gravities and high luminosities. The spectral-energy distribution (SED) of the star is consistent with an effective temperature of about 6250 K and a surface gravity of $\log g=0.5$. We use Gaia data to show that the star's proper motion and radial velocity are consistent with cluster membership. One aim of our program is to test yellow PAGB stars as candidate Population II standard candles for determining extragalactic distances. We derive a visual absolute magnitude of $M_V=-3.39\pm0.09$ for the M19 star. This is in close agreement with the $M_V$ values found for yellow PAGB stars in the GCs omega Cen, NGC 5986, and M79, indicating a very narrow luminosity function. These objects are four magnitudes brighter than RR Lyrae variables, and they can largely avoid the issues of interstellar extinction that are a problem for Population I distance indicators. We also identified a second luminous PAGB object in M19, this one a hotter "UV-bright" star. Its SED is consistent with an effective temperature of about 11,750 K and $\log g=2.0$. The two objects have nearly identical bolometric luminosities, $\log L/L_\odot=3.24$ and 3.22, respectively.

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