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球状星团M55中蓝离散星的自转速度

Rotational velocities of Blue Straggler Stars in the Globular Cluster M55

Alex Billi, Francesco R. Ferraro, Alessio Mucciarelli, Barbara Lanzoni, Mario Cadelano, Lorenzo Monaco

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本文利用高分辨率光谱测量球状星团M55中蓝离散星的自转速度,发现其快速自转比例高达47±14%,显著高于高密度星团,支持蓝离散星近期形成于低密度环境的观点。

摘要:

通过使用ESO/VLT上FLAMES-GIRAFFE获取的高分辨率光谱,我们测量了银河系球状星团M55中115颗恒星的径向速度和自转速度。在基于径向速度值进行场星污染剔除后,最终的成员星样本由32颗蓝离散星(BSSs)和76颗位于红巨星支及水平支的参考星组成。与之前的发现一致,红巨星支恒星整体上自转可忽略不计(< 10 km s⁻¹),水平支恒星的自转速度最高为40 km s⁻¹。相比之下,蓝离散星的自转速度分布呈现出一条延伸至约200 km s⁻¹的长尾,32颗蓝离散星中有15颗自转速度快于40 km s⁻¹。将快速自转蓝离散星的阈值定义为40 km s⁻¹,可得出这些恒星所占比例为47 ± 14%。如此大的比例此前从未在任何球状星团中发现过。该比例大致与在其他较松散系统中测得的值相当(ω Centauri、M4和NGC 3201),并且显著大于在高密度星团中观测到的值(如47 Tucanae、NGC 6397、NGC 6752和M30)。这一证据支持近期蓝离散星形成发生在低密度环境中的图景。我们还发现,蓝离散星的自转速度倾向于随光度降低而减小,这与样本中另一个松散星团(即NGC 3201)的发现一致。

英文摘要:

By using high-resolution spectra acquired with FLAMES-GIRAFFE at the ESO/VLT, we measured radial and rotational velocities of 115 stars in the Galactic globular cluster M55. After field decontamination based on the radial velocity values, the final sample of member stars is composed of 32 blue straggler stars (BSSs) and 76 reference stars populating the red giant and horizontal branches of the cluster. In agreement with previous findings, the totality of red giant branch stars has negligible rotation ($<$ 10 km s$^{-1}$), and horizontal branch stars have rotational velocities of 40 km s$^{-1}$ at most. In contrast, the BSS rotational velocity distribution shows a long tail extending up to $\sim$ 200 km s$^{-1}$, with 15 BSSs (out of 32) spinning faster than 40 km s$^{-1}$. By defining the threshold for fast rotating BSSs at 40 km s$^{-1}$, this sets the percentage of these stars at 47 $\pm$ 14 %. Such a large value has never been found before in any globular clusters. It is roughly comparable to that measured in other loose systems ($ω$ Centauri, M4, and NGC 3201) and significantly larger than that observed in high-density clusters (as 47 Tucanae, NGC 6397, NGC 6752, and M30). This evidence supports a scenario where recent BSS formation is occurring in low-density environments. We also find that the BSS rotational velocity tends to decrease for decreasing luminosity, as found for another loose cluster of the sample (namely, NGC 3201).

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