ROTATION AND MULTIPLE STELLAR POPULATION IN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS

被引:59
作者
Bekki, Kenji [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Western Australia, ICRAR, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
关键词
galaxies: star clusters: general; galaxies: star clusters: individual (NGC 2808; omega Centauri); stars: chemically peculiar; DOUBLE MAIN-SEQUENCE; LARGE-MAGELLANIC-CLOUD; OMEGA-CENTAURI; DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION; HORIZONTAL-BRANCH; HELIUM ENRICHMENT; STAR-CLUSTERS; GIANT BRANCH; ORIGIN; MASS;
D O I
10.1088/2041-8205/724/1/L99
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
We investigate structure and kinematics of the second generation of stars (SG) formed from gaseous ejecta of the first generation of stars (FG) in forming globular clusters (GCs). We consider that SG can be formed from gaseous ejecta from asymptotic giant branch stars of FG with the initial total mass of 10(6) M-circle dot-10(8)M(circle dot) to explain the present masses of the Galactic GCs. Our three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations with star formation show that SG formed in the central regions of FG can have a significant amount of rotation (V/sigma approximate to 0.8-2.5). The rotational amplitude of SG can depend strongly on the initial kinematics of FG. We thus propose that some GCs composed of FG and SG had a significant amount of rotation when they were formed. We also suggest that although later long-term (similar to 10 Gyr) dynamical evolution of stars can smooth out the initial structural and kinematical differences between FG and SG to a large extent, initial flattened structures and rotational kinematics of SG can be imprinted on shapes and internal rotation of the present GCs. We discuss these results in terms of internal rotation observed in the Galactic GCs.
引用
收藏
页码:L99 / L103
页数:5
相关论文
共 40 条
[1]   The rotation of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae in the plane of the sky [J].
Anderson, J ;
King, IR .
ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 2003, 126 (02) :772-777
[2]   NEW LIMITS ON AN INTERMEDIATE-MASS BLACK HOLE IN OMEGA CENTAURI. I. HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE PHOTOMETRY AND PROPER MOTIONS [J].
Anderson, Jay ;
van der Marel, Roeland P. .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2010, 710 (02) :1032-1062
[3]   ω Centauri:: The population puzzle goes deeper [J].
Bedin, LR ;
Piotto, G ;
Anderson, J ;
Cassisi, S ;
King, IR ;
Momany, Y ;
Carraro, G .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2004, 605 (02) :L125-L128
[4]   Origin of abundance inhomogeneity in globular clusters [J].
Bekki, K. ;
Campbell, S. W. ;
Lattanzio, J. C. ;
Norris, J. E. .
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2007, 377 (01) :335-351
[5]   Formation of star clusters in the Large Magellanic cloud and Small Magellanic cloud. I. Preliminary results on cluster formation from colliding gas clouds [J].
Bekki, K ;
Beasley, MA ;
Forbes, DA ;
Couch, WJ .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2004, 602 (02) :730-737
[6]   Primordial pollution of globular clusters within their host dwarfs embedded in dark matter haloes at high redshifts [J].
Bekki, K .
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2006, 367 (01) :L24-L28
[7]   The origin of the double main sequence in ω Centauri:: Helium enrichment due to gas fueling from its ancient host galaxy? [J].
Bekki, K ;
Norris, JE .
ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 2006, 637 (02) :L109-L112
[8]  
BEKKI K, 2010, MNRAS UNPUB
[9]   Ram-pressure stripping of halo gas in disc galaxies: implications for galactic star formation in different environments [J].
Bekki, Kenji .
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2009, 399 (04) :2221-2230
[10]   On the origin of double main-sequence turn-offs in star clusters of the Magellanic Clouds [J].
Bekki, Kenji ;
Mackey, A. D. .
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2009, 394 (01) :124-132