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疏散星团及其潮汐尾中的白矮星群体:污染和恒星相互作用的示踪剂

The white dwarf population of open clusters and their tidal tails. Tracers of contamination and stellar interactions

Vikrant V. Jadhav, Pavel Kroupa, David R. Miller, Snehalata Sahu, Dinnbier Frantisek, Ladislav Šubr

arXiv 2607.11299首次发表:更新:

AI 中文总结

研究利用盖亚数据等,编制OC-WD对样本,结合多种手段分析其性质,识别出多个相关对,发现污染严重,尾中尤甚,还识别出候选双星起源WD和IFMR候选者,为星团探测及相关模拟提供限制,解决WD短缺需多方面改进。

AI 中文摘要

最近的盖亚研究识别出了众多疏散星团(OCs)和潮汐尾目录,使得能够系统地搜寻与星团及其延展结构相关的白矮星(WDs)。我们编制了一个基于文献的OC-WD对样本,以验证WD在星团核心和尾中的成员身份,研究初始-最终质量关系(IFMR),识别通过非规范演化形成的WD,并使用N体模拟网格解释观测到的WD群体。我们将盖亚DR3星团和尾目录与紫外-红外测光相结合来分析OC-WD对。利用颜色-星等图和光谱能量分布估算WD的质量、冷却年龄、半径、温度和光度。这些观测结果在N体模拟的背景下进行解释。我们在80个星团中识别出235个OC-WD对(99个在尾中)。超过28%的对可能是虚假的,尾中的污染(>48%)比星团核心(>13%)高得多,表明当前基于盖亚的目录中存在显著的场星污染。昴宿星团的尾也显示出被老年WD严重污染。模拟预测核心WD的比例随星团年龄增加,达到>10%,而观测到的比例系统地更低,与WD短缺问题一致。尽管污染率很高,但大多数尾中的WD(约83%)与在潮汐半径内诞生一致。我们还识别出63个候选双星起源的WD和47个新的IFMR候选者。WD对白矮星群体提供了一个强大的污染探测手段,并对星团探测方法和N体模拟施加了重要限制。解决WD短缺问题并改善成员身份验证将需要改进观测、成员身份方法、WD物理学和光谱后续观测,以便对动态星团演化和WD IFMR施加更强的限制。

英文摘要

Recent Gaia studies have identified numerous open clusters (OCs) & tidal tail catalogues, enabling systematic searches for white dwarfs (WDs) associated with clusters & their extended structures. We compile a literature-based sample of OC-WD pairs to validate WD membership in cluster cores & tails, investigate the initial-final mass relation (IFMR), identify WDs formed through non-canonical evolution, and interpret the observed WD populations using a grid of N-body simulations. We combine Gaia DR3 cluster & tail catalogues with UV-IR photometry to analyse the OC-WD pairs. WD masses, cooling ages, radii, temperatures & luminosities are estimated using colour-magnitude diagrams & spectral energy distributions. These observations are interpreted in the context of N-body simulations. We identify 235 OC-WD pairs (99 in tails) in 80 clusters. More than 28% of the pairs are likely spurious, with contamination substantially higher in the tails (>48%) than in the cluster cores (>13%), indicating significant field-star contamination in current Gaia-based catalogues. The Pleiade tails also show severe contamination by old WDs. Simulations predict that the fraction of core WDs increases with cluster age, reaching >10%, whereas the observed fractions remain systematically lower, consistent with the WD deficit problem. Despite the high contamination rate, most tail WDs (~83%) are consistent with having been born inside the tidal radius. We also identify 63 candidate binary-origin WDs & 47 new IFMR candidates. WDs provide a powerful probe of contamination in cluster and tail catalogues and place important constraints on cluster detection methods & N-body simulations. Resolving the WD deficit and improving membership validation will require improved observations, membership methods, WD physics, and spectroscopic follow-up, enabling stronger constraints on dynamical cluster evolution & the WD IFMR.

Comments12 pages main text, 48 pages appendix. Appendix C is only available on arXiv. Tables B1 and B2 will be available on CDS. Accepted in A&A

DOI:10.1051/0004-6361/202661206

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