MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12 000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - I. The first comprehensive HRD of a globular cluster
MUSE crowded field 3D spectroscopy of over 12 000 stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397 - I. The first comprehensive HRD of a globular cluster
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对球状星团 NGC 6397 - I 中超过 12 000 颗恒星的 MUSE 拥挤场 3D 光谱。第一个球状星团的综合 HRD
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发表时间:
2016
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通讯作者:
A. Monreal
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作者:
T. Husser;S. Kamann;S. Dreizler;M. Wendt;Nina Wulff;R. Bacon;L. Wisotzki;J. Brinchmann;P. Weilbacher;M. Roth;A. Monreal
Aims. We demonstrate the high multiplex advantage of crowded field 3D spectroscopy with the new integral field spectrograph MUSE by means of a spectroscopic analysis of more than 12 000 individual stars in the globular cluster NGC 6397. Methods. The stars are deblended with a point spread function fitting technique, using a photometric reference catalogue from HST as prior, including relative positions and brightnesses. This catalogue is also used for a first analysis of the extracted spectra, followed by an automatic in-depth analysis via a full-spectrum fitting method based on a large grid of PHOENIX spectra. Results. We analysed the largest sample so far available for a single globular cluster of 18 932 spectra from 12 307 stars in NGC 6397. We derived a mean radial velocity of vrad = 17.84 ± 0.07 km s−1 and a mean metallicity of [Fe/H] = −2.120 ± 0.002, with the latter seemingly varying with temperature for stars on the red giant branch (RGB). We determine Teff and [Fe/H] from the spectra, and log g from HST photometry. This is the first very comprehensive Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD) for a globular cluster based on the analysis of several thousands of stellar spectra, ranging from the main sequence to the tip of the RGB. Furthermore, two interesting objects were identified; one is a post-AGB star and the other is a possible millisecond-pulsar companion.
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6.5
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Reiners;Ludwig
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Ludwig