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矮-矮合并后球状星团坍缩的证据:一个潜在的核星团正在形成

Evidence for globular cluster collapse after a dwarf-dwarf merger: A potential nuclear star cluster in formation

J. Román, P. M. Sánchez-Alarcón, J. H. Knapen, R. Peletier

摘要:

核星团(NSC)的创建需要直接的观测证据来支持其形成的拟议方案。我们分析了位于室女星系团外围区域的矮星系UGC 7346,以突出一系列表明NSC形成的性质。首先,我们报告过去的相互作用的残余物的形式扩散流或壳,这表明最近合并的两个矮星系与1:5的恒星质量比。其次,我们确定了一些球状星团(GC)的候选者,在颜色上与主要组成部分,这是更广泛的和更大的兼容。引人注目的是,我们发现这些GC候选人高度集中在星系的中心(R $_{GC}$ = 0.41 R $_{e}$)。我们认为,GC的中心浓度可能是由这次合并的动力学摩擦。这将使UGC 7346成为NSC形成早期星系的独特案例。NSC的形成,由于在矮合并的动力学摩擦的GC崩溃将提供一个自然的解释发现的早期型矮星系的成核分数的环境相关性,从而更密集的环境主机星系具有更高的成核分数。

英文摘要:

Direct observational evidence for the creation of nuclear star clusters (NSCs) is needed to support the proposed scenarios for their formation. We analysed the dwarf galaxy UGC 7346, located in the peripheral regions of the Virgo Cluster, to highlight a series of properties that indicate the formation of a NSC caught in its earlier stages. First, we report on remnants of a past interaction in the form of diffuse streams or shells, suggesting a recent merging of two dwarf galaxies with a 1:5 stellar mass ratio. Second, we identify a number of globular cluster (GC) candidates that are broadly compatible in colour with the main component that is both more extended and more massive. Strikingly, we find these GCs candidates to be highly concentrated towards the centre of the galaxy (R$_{GC}$ = 0.41 R$_{e}$). We suggest that the central concentration of the GCs is likely produced by the dynamical friction of this merger. This would make UGC 7346 a unique case of a galaxy caught in the earlier stages of NSC formation. The formation of NSCs due to collapse of GCs by dynamical friction in dwarf mergers would provide a natural explanation of the environmental correlations found for the nucleation fraction for early-type dwarf galaxies, whereby denser environments host galaxies with a higher nucleation fraction.

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