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利用JWST和HST探索超 faint 狭义 Bootes I:金属分布和双星

Exploring the ultra-faint dwarf Bootes I using JWST and HST: Metallicity distribution and binaries

Università Degli Studi di Padova(帕多瓦大学);Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova(意大利国家天体物理研究所帕多瓦天文台);Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University(澳大利亚国立大学天文与天体物理研究学院);South-Western Institute for Astronomy Research, Yunnan University(云南大学西南天文研究所)

F. Muratore, M. V. Legnardi, A. P. Milone, A. Mastrobuono-Battisti, G. Cordoni, L. N. Gorza, E. P. Lagioia, E. Bortolan, E. Dondoglio, A. F. Marino, T. Ziliotto

AI总结:

通过JWST和HST观测分析Bootes I的金属分布和双星比例,揭示其早期恒星形成和化学演化特征。

摘要:

超 faint 狭义星系(UFDs)是宇宙中最古老且金属含量最低的恒星系统。其金属分布记录了最早恒星形成、反馈和化学富集的历史,为测试最初恒星、星系组装和暗物质晕模型提供关键测试。然而,由于其微弱亮度和明亮巨人的数量有限,通常只能探测小样本。本文通过Hubble空间望远镜和James Webb空间望远镜的多时期观测,利用F606W和F322W2波段的深色-光度图,从亚巨星分支延伸到M矮星,并结合恒星自行确定成员,获得了前所未有的清晰普查。图的高质量结合M矮星颜色对金属含量的敏感性,使我们能够约束大样本的金属分布。首先,我们推导了Bootes I的双星比例。这至关重要,因为双星会影响动力学质量估计,影响恒星人口分析,并塑造用于推断金属含量的光度特征。我们发现Bootes I中约20±2%的恒星系统为双星,质量比大于0.4,总双星比例约为30%。这一值与类似恒星质量的球状星团中观测到的双星比例相当,表明暗物质的存在对Bootes I的双星特性影响不大。然后利用M矮星颜色对金属含量的敏感性推导金属分布函数。我们发现大多数恒星约85%的[Fe/H]<-2,大约17%的[Fe/H]<-3。

英文摘要:

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies (UFDs) are among the oldest and most metal-poor stellar systems in the Universe. Their metallicity distribution encodes the fossil record of the earliest star formation, feedback, and chemical enrichment, providing crucial tests of models of the first stars, galaxy assembly, and dark matter halos. However, due to their faint luminosities and the limited number of bright giants, spectroscopic studies of UFDs typically probe only small stellar samples. Here, we present an analysis of multi-epoch Hubble Space Telescope and James Webb Space Telescope observations of the UFD Bootes I. Using deep color-magnitude diagram in the F606W and F322W2 bands, extending from the subgiant branch to the M-dwarfs, and stellar proper motions to identify likely members, we obtained an unprecedentedly clean census of the system. The exquisite quality of the diagram, combined with the sensitivity of M-dwarf colors to metallicity, allowed us to constrain the metallicity distribution in a large stellar sample. As a first step, we derived the binary fraction in Bootes I. This is crucial, since binaries can bias kinematic mass estimates, affect stellar population analyses, and shape the photometric signatures used to infer metallicity. We find that 20$\pm$2% of stellar systems in Bootes I are binaries with mass ratios larger than 0.4, corresponding to a total binary fraction of $\sim$30%. This value is comparable to the binary fractions observed in globular clusters of similar stellar mass, suggesting that the presence of dark matter does not significantly affect the binary properties of Bootes I. We then exploited the metallicity sensitivity of M-dwarf colors to derive the metallicity distribution function. We find that most of the stars $\sim$85% have [Fe/H]<-2, and that roughly $\sim$17% have [Fe/H]<-3.

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