The bulge globular cluster Terzan 6 as seen from multi-conjugate adaptive optics and HST

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作者：

Loriga, M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Pallanca, C. ^{[1
,2
]}

Ferraro, F. R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Dalessandro, E. ^{[2
]}

Lanzoni, B. ^{[1
,2
]}

Cadelano, M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Origlia, L. ^{[2
]}

Fanelli, C. ^{[2
]}

Geisler, D. ^{[3
,4
]}

Villanova, S. ^{[5
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Fis & Astron, Via Piero Gobetti 93-2, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

[2] INAF Astrophys & Space Sci Observ Bologna, Via Piero Gobetti 93-3, I-40129 Bologna, Italy

[3] Univ Concepcion, Dept Astron, Casilla 160-C, Concepcion, Chile

[4] Univ Serena, Fac Ciencias, Dept Astron, Av Juan Cisternas 1200, La Serena, Chile

[5] Univ Andres Bello, Fac Ciencias Exactas, Dept Ciencias Fis, Inst Astrofis, Talcahuano 7100, Chile

来源：

ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2025年 / 695卷

关键词：

Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams; stars: Population II; globular clusters: general; Galaxy: stellar content; RED GIANT BRANCH; VELOCITY DISPERSION PROFILES; RESOLUTION EXTINCTION MAP; COLOR-MAGNITUDE DIAGRAMS; UV LEGACY SURVEY; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; GALACTIC BULGE; PROPER-MOTION; IRON SUBPOPULATIONS; INTERNAL KINEMATICS;

D O I：

10.1051/0004-6361/202453482

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

This work consists of the first detailed photometric study of Terzan 6, one of the least known globular clusters in the Galactic bulge. Through the analysis of high angular resolution and multiwavelength data obtained from adaptive optics corrected and space observations, we built deep, optical and near-infrared color-magnitude diagrams reaching approximate to 4 magnitudes below the main-sequence turnoff. Taking advantage of four different epochs of observations, we measured precise relative proper motions for a large sample of stars, from which cluster members have been solidly distinguished from Galactic field interlopers. A noncanonical reddening law (with R-V = 2.85) and high-resolution differential reddening map, with color excess variations up to delta E(B - V) approximate to 0.8 mag, have been derived in the direction of the system. According to these findings, new values for the extinction and distance modulus have been obtained: E(B - V) = 2.36 +/- 0.05 and (m - M)(0) = 14.46 +/- 0.10 (corresponding to d = 7.8 +/- 0.3 kpc), respectively. We also provide the first determinations of the cluster center and projected density profile from resolved star counts. The center is offset by more than 7 '' to the east from the literature value, and the structural parameters obtained from the King model fitting to the density profile indicate that Terzan 6 is in an advanced stage of its dynamical evolution, with a large value for the concentration parameter (c = 1.94(-0.26)(+0.24)) and a small core radius (r(c) = 2.6(-0.7)(+0.09) arcsec). We also determined the absolute age of the system, finding t = 13 +/- 1 Gyr, in agreement with the old ages found for the globular clusters in the Galactic bulge. From the redetermination of the absolute magnitude of the red giant branch bump and the recent estimate of the cluster global metallicity, we find that Terzan 6 nicely matches the tight relation between these two parameters drawn by the Galactic globular cluster population.

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