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Una sola población de cúmulos globulares rojos alrededor de la masiva galaxia compacta NGC 1277
Michael A Beasley1,2, Ignacio Trujillo1,2, Ryan Leaman3
1Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Calle Vía Láctea, La Laguna, Spain.
Nature
|March 14, 2018
Resumen
Las galaxias masivas generalmente forman cúmulos globulares en dos fases, que conducen a los cúmulos rojos y azules. La galaxia reliquia NGC 1277 muestra solo cúmulos rojos, lo que indica una mínima acumulación de masa posterior.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La astronomía galáctica
- Formación y evolución de las galaxias
- Las poblaciones estelares
Sus antecedentes:
- Se cree que las galaxias masivas se forman a través de un proceso de dos fases: colapso inicial de gas y estallido de estrellas, seguido de una acreción posterior.
- Se cree que los sistemas de racimos globulares se forman de manera similar, con explosiones tempranas que crean racimos ricos en metales (rojos) y posterior acreción que agrega racimos pobres en metales (azules).
- Se espera que este mecanismo de formación dual resulte en distribuciones ópticas multimodales de color en los sistemas de cúmulos globulares masivos de galaxias.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el sistema de cúmulos globulares de la masiva galaxia candidata NGC 1277.
- Para probar el modelo de formación de dos fases prevaleciente para las galaxias masivas y sus sistemas de cúmulos globulares.
- Para determinar si NGC 1277 representa una galaxia reliquia genuina con una mínima acreción posterior a la formación.
Principales métodos:
- Se realizaron observaciones ópticas de la galaxia candidata a reliquia masiva NGC 1277.
- Analizó la distribución óptica de color de su sistema de cúmulos globulares.
- Utilizó simulaciones de posibles historias de fusión para estimar la masa estelar acumulada.
Principales resultados:
- El sistema de cúmulos globulares de NGC 1277 exhibe una distribución de color unimodal y completamente roja.
- Esto contrasta fuertemente con otras galaxias masivas, cuyos sistemas de cúmulos suelen incluir cúmulos azules.
- Las simulaciones sugieren que la masa estelar acumulada en NGC 1277 es como máximo el 10% de su masa estelar total.
Conclusiones:
- La distribución de color rojo unimodal del sistema de cúmulos globulares de NGC 1277 indica una acumulación de masa mínima después de su colapso inicial.
- NGC 1277 se confirma como una galaxia reliquia genuina, que apoya la clasificación de las galaxias "pepita roja".
- Los cúmulos globulares azules en galaxias masivas representan una población acumulada de galaxias satélites más pequeñas.
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