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处于较低演化阶段的多恒星星族-II:没有证据表明NGC 1846矮星之间存在显著的氦扩散

Multiple stellar populations at less evolved stages-II: no evidence of significant helium spread among NGC 1846 dwarfs

Chengyuan Li

摘要:

在年龄大于2 Gyr的星团中发现的星与星之间的化学变化改变了传统的星团“简单恒星星族“(SSP)的典型例子的观点,成为所谓的“多恒星星族“(MP)。虽然MP的意义似乎与集群总质量相关,但MP的存在似乎是由集群年龄决定的。在这篇文章中,我们使用哈勃空间望远镜的深测光来研究$\sim$ 1.7 Gyr-old星团NGC 1846中的FG型矮星是否有氦扩散。通过与合成的恒星星族的观测结果进行比较,我们估计了NGC 1846主序星之间的氦扩散为$Δ{Y}\sim0.01\pm0.01$。氦的最大扩散不会超过$Δ{Y}\sim0.02$,这取决于富氦恒星所占的比例。为了掩盖这种氦富集所导致的颜色变化,需要至少$Δ{\rm [N/Fe]}$ =0.8 dex的氮富集度,这是之前对该星团红巨星分支的分析所排除的。我们发现我们的结果与银河系球状星团的$Δ{Y}$ -质量关系是一致的。为了检查NGC 1846是否含有MP,需要更高的光度精度。我们的结论是,在所采用的光度质量下,NGC 1846矮星之间没有极端的氦变化。

英文摘要:

The detection of star-to-star chemical variations in star clusters older than 2 Gyr has changed the traditional view of star clusters as canonical examples of "simple stellar populations" (SSPs) into the so-called "multiple stellar populations" (MPs). Although the significance of MPs seems to correlate with cluster total mass, it seems that the presence of MPs is determined by cluster age, however. In this article, we use deep photometry from the Hubble Space Telescope to investigate whether the FG-type dwarfs in the $\sim$1.7 Gyr-old cluster NGC 1846, have helium spread. By comparing the observation with the synthetic stellar populations, we estimate a helium spread of $Δ{Y}\sim0.01\pm0.01$ among the main-sequence stars in NGC 1846. The maximum helium spread would not exceed $Δ{Y}\sim0.02$, depending on the adopted fraction of helium-enriched stars. To mask the color variation caused by such a helium enrichment, a nitrogen enrichment of at least $Δ{\rm [N/Fe]}$=0.8 dex is required, which is excluded by previous analyses of the red-giant branch in this cluster. We find that our result is consistent with the $Δ{Y}$--mass relationship for Galactic globular clusters. To examine whether or not NGC 1846 harbors MPs, higher photometric accuracy is required. We conclude that under the adopted photometric quality, there is no extreme helium variation among NGC 1846 dwarfs.

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