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M87行星状星云光度函数和室女座团内恒星

The Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function of M87 and the Intracluster Stars of Virgo

Robin Ciardullo, George Jacoby, John Feldmeier, Roger Bartlett

摘要:

本文介绍了利用[O III] $λ5007$对M87行星状星云(PN)及其周围晕进行宽视场巡天的结果。我们发现,行星状星云光度函数(PNLF)的M87的晕是不同于任何PNLF观察到的日期,与形状不同的经验法则在99.9%的置信水平。此外,我们发现,PNLF的M87的外晕的不同,在一个高度的确定性($\sim 92%$)的星系的内部区域。我们发现,这两种效应最有可能是由于集群内PN的存在,其中许多是前景M87。这些星系团内天体解释了先前由Alberby,Ciardullo,& Ford(1990)发现的“overluminous”[O III] $λ5007$源,并为我们提供了一种新的工具来探测星系团的形态和动力学性质。通过修改Ciardullo等人(1989 a)的极大似然方法,并使用假定的M31距离770 Kpc(Freedman & Madore 1990),我们导出了$30.79 \pm 0.16$到M87的距离模($14.4 \pm 1.1$ Mpc)。

英文摘要:

We present the results of a wide-field [O III] $λ5007$ survey for planetary nebulae (PN) in M87 and its surrounding halo. We show that the planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF) of M87's halo is unlike any PNLF observed to date, with a shape that differs from that of the empirical law at the 99.9% confidence level. In addition, we find that the PNLF of M87's outer halo differs from that of the galaxy's inner regions at a high degree of certainty ($\sim 92%$). We show that both these effects are most likely due to the existence of intracluster PN, many of which are foreground to M87. These intracluster objects explain the ``overluminous'' [O III] $λ5007$ sources previously identified by Jacoby, Ciardullo, & Ford (1990), and present us with a new tool with which to probe the morphological and dynamical properties of the cluster. By modifying the maximum likelihood procedures of Ciardullo et al (1989a) and using an assumed M31 distance of 770 Kpc (Freedman & Madore 1990), we derive a distance modulus to M87 of $30.79 \pm 0.16$ ($14.4 \pm 1.1$ Mpc).

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