Wide-field CCD photometry of the globular cluster M92

We present wide-field CCD photometry of the Galactic globular cluster M92 obtained in the V and I bands with the CFH12K mosaic CCD at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope. A well-defined color-magnitude diagram is derived down to 5 mag fainter than the cluster main-sequence turnoff. After removing the background contribution, we obtain luminosity and mass functions, surface density profiles, and the surface number density maps of the stars belonging to the cluster. The surface density pro. le of all stars shows that the cluster's halo extends at least out to similar to30' from the cluster center, in agreement with previous study, but the pro. le of faint stars at the very outer region of the cluster shows a different gradient compared with that of bright stars. For a mass function of the form Phi(M) proportional to M-(1+x), we find that the inner region (5' < r < 9') of the cluster has x similar or equal to 1.2 +/- 0.2, whereas the outer region (90 < r < 150) has x similar or equal to 1.8 +/- 0.3, clearly indicating a mass segregation of the cluster. An estimate of the photometric mass of the cluster implies that the remnant populations (white dwarfs and neutron stars) contribute at least 25% of the total cluster mass. The surface density map of M92 shows some evidence that the tidal tail of M92 may be oriented perpendicular to the direction toward the Galactic center.