在球状星团M30中,有两个不同的蓝色滞留恒星序列
F R Ferraro1, G Beccari, E Dalessandro
1Department of Astronomy, University of Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy. francesco.ferraro3@unibo.it
Nature
|December 25, 2009
概括
在M 30球状星团中,有两种不同的蓝色滞留恒星群体表明不同的形成路径. 核心崩可能增强了恒星碰撞和二进制质量转移,创造了两个独特的蓝色滞后者序列.
科学领域:
- 天体物理学 天体物理学
- 恒星进化 恒星进化
- 银河系天文学 银河系天文学
背景情况:
- 球状星团通常拥有年龄相同的恒星.
- 蓝色落后者是异常恒星,它们违背了预期的恒星进化时间线.
- 提出了两个初级形成机制:双星质量转移和恒星碰撞.
研究的目的:
- 研究蓝色滞留恒星的形成机制.
- 分析在M 30球状星团中观察到的蓝色落后者不同的种群.
- 确定核心崩对蓝色滞留者形成的影响.
主要方法:
- 对M 30球状星团中的恒星进行光度分析.
- 独特的蓝色滞留者序列的识别和表征.
- 在核心崩的星团环境中建模恒星进化和二进制相互作用.
主要成果:
- 在M30中发现了两种不同的蓝色滞后者的平行序列.
- 蓝色的序列归因于直接的恒星碰撞.
- 红色序列与二进制系统内的质量转移有关,可能正在进行中.
结论:
- 在M30中观察到的蓝色滞后者种群是集群核心崩的结果.
- 核心崩同时增加了恒星碰撞率和二进制质量转移活动.
- 这种双重增强解释了两个不同的蓝色滞后者序列的存在.
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