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用MUSE对球状星团进行恒星普查。半人马座$ω$多个主序列的新观点

A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE. A new perspective on the multiple main sequences of $ω$ Centauri

M. Latour, A. Calamida, T. -O. Husser, S. Kamann, S. Dreizler, J. Brinchmann

摘要:

$ω$ Cen是一个罕见的球状星团,其中恒星的铁丰度跨越一个数量级以上。对它的红巨星和次巨星分支的许多光谱研究揭示了铁丰度分布的多个峰。由于恒星的模糊性和数据的缺乏,主序星的金属丰度分布还没有得到很好的表征。到目前为止,几乎所有对MS星的研究都是基于光度测量。我们的目标是研究$ω$ Cen中具有统计学意义的MS星样本的金属丰度分布。特别是,我们的目标是重新审视的金属丰度之间的差异,红色和蓝色MS的集群。我们使用MUSE光谱获得的中心区域的$ω$ Cen推导金属丰度为$\approx$ 4200 MS恒星。我们发现,蓝色MS星平均$\approx$ 0.1德克斯比他们的红色同行更丰富的金属。在此基础上,我们发现这两个序列可以拟合在哈勃空间望远镜的色星等图上,两个等时线具有相同的全球金属丰度和年龄,但蓝色MS的氦丰度较高,即$ΔY \lesssim$ 0.1。此外,我们确定的平均金属丰度的五个主要人口沿$ω$岑MS和这些估计是一致的预期从以前的光度研究。

英文摘要:

$ω$ Cen is a rare example of a globular cluster where the iron abundance of the stars spans more than one order of magnitude. Many spectroscopic investigations of its red-giant- and sub-giant- branches have revealed multiple peaks in the iron abundance distribution. The metallicity distribution of main-sequence (MS) stars is not well characterized yet, due to the faintness of the stars and lack of data. So far, almost all studies of MS stars are based on photometric measurements. Our goal is to investigate the metallicity distribution of a statistically significant sample of MS stars in $ω$ Cen. In particular, we aim at revisiting the metallicity difference between the red and blue MS of the cluster. We used MUSE spectra obtained for the central region of $ω$ Cen to derive metallicities for $\approx$4200 MS stars. We find that blue MS stars are on average $\approx$0.1 dex more metal-rich than their red counterparts. On the basis of this new estimate, we find that the two sequences can be fit on the Hubble Space Telescope color-magnitude diagram with two isochrones having the same global metallicity and age but a higher helium abundance for the blue MS, that is $ΔY \lesssim$ 0.1. Furthermore, we determine the average metallicity of the five main populations along $ω$ Cen MS and these estimates are consistent with expectations from previous photometric studies.

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