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局域体星系中新发现的核星团的光度和结构参数

Photometric and Structural Parameters of Newly Discovered Nuclear Star Clusters in Local Volume Galaxies

Nils Hoyer, Nadine Neumayer, Anil C. Seth, Iskren Y. Georgiev, Jenny E. Greene

摘要:

我们使用高分辨率的哈勃空间望远镜的矮星系在本地体积($\lesssim 11$ Mpc)的成像数据参数化19个新发现的核星团(NSC)。大多数星团的恒星质量为$M_{\star}^{nsc} \lesssim 10^6$ M $_{\odot}$,并在椭圆率、有效半径、恒星质量和表面密度方面与银河系球状星团进行比较。的集群建模与Sérsic的配置文件和它们的表面亮度评估的有效半径揭示了一个紧密的正相关的主机星系恒星质量。我们的数据还表明,随着质量的增加,密度曲线的斜率增加,这可能表明在更大质量的宿主中原位恒星形成的作用越来越大。我们评估的星系团和它们的宿主星系恒星质量之间的标度关系,找到一个环境依赖性:对于场星系的NSC,关系的斜率是$α= 0.82^{+0.08}_{-0.08}$,而$α= 0.55^{+0.06}_{-0.05}$的室女座星系团的核心矮星。将聚类的拟合限制为$M_{\star}^{gal} \geq 10^{6.5}$ M $_{\odot}$,得到$α= 0.70^{+0.08}_{-0.07}$,与$1σ$间隔内的现场环境一致。环境的依赖性是由于最低质量的有核星系,我们推测,这是由于祖球状星团合并成为一个NSC的数量增加,或由于形成更大的质量球状星团在稠密的环境中,取决于初始的球状星团质量函数。我们的结果清楚地证实了最近的结果,在矮星系中的NSC和球状星团之间存在着紧密的联系。

英文摘要:

We use high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope imaging data of dwarf galaxies in the Local Volume ($\lesssim 11$ Mpc) to parameterise 19 newly discovered nuclear star clusters (NSCs). Most of the clusters have stellar masses of $M_{\star}^{nsc} \lesssim 10^6$ M$_{\odot}$ and compare to Galactic globular clusters in terms of ellipticity, effective radius, stellar mass, and surface density. The clusters are modelled with a Sérsic profile and their surface brightness evaluated at the effective radius reveals a tight positive correlation to the host galaxy stellar mass. Our data also indicate an increase in slope of the density profiles with increasing mass, perhaps indicating an increasing role for in-situ star formation in more massive hosts. We evaluate the scaling relation between the clusters and their host galaxy stellar mass to find an environmental dependence: for NSCs in field galaxies, the slope of the relation is $α= 0.82^{+0.08}_{-0.08}$ whereas $α= 0.55^{+0.06}_{-0.05}$ for dwarfs in the core of the Virgo cluster. Restricting the fit for the cluster to $M_{\star}^{gal} \geq 10^{6.5}$ M$_{\odot}$ yields $α= 0.70^{+0.08}_{-0.07}$, in agreement with the field environment within the $1σ$ interval. The environmental dependence is due to the lowest-mass nucleated galaxies and we speculate that this is either due to an increased number of progenitor globular clusters merging to become an NSC, or due to the formation of more massive globular clusters in dense environments, depending on the initial globular cluster mass function. Our results clearly corroborate recent results in that there exists a tight connection between NSCs and globular clusters in dwarf galaxies.

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