Gemini/GMOS imaging of globular clusters in the Virgo galaxy NGC 4649 (M60)     

Duncan A. Forbes  Favio Raul Faifer  Juan Carlos Forte  Terry Bridges  Michael A. Beasley  Karl Gebhardt  David A. Hanes  Ray Sharples  Stephen E. Zepf 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2004,355(2):608-616

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The formation of ultracompact dwarf galaxies     

MichaelFellhauer  PavelKroupa 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2002,330(3):642-650

Recent spectroscopic observations of galaxies in the Fornax Cluster reveal nearly unresolved 'star-like' objects with redshifts appropriate to the Fornax Cluster. These objects have intrinsic sizes of ≈100 pc and absolute B -band magnitudes in the range  −14< M _B<−11.5 mag  and lower limits for the central surface brightness   μ _B≳23 mag arcsec⁻²  , and so appear to constitute a new population of ultracompact dwarf galaxies (UCDs). Such compact dwarfs were predicted to form from the amalgamation of stellar superclusters (by Kroupa) , which are rich aggregates of young massive star clusters (YMCs) that can form in collisions between gas-rich galaxies. Here we present the evolution of superclusters in a tidal field. The YMCs merge on a few supercluster crossing times. Superclusters that are initially as concentrated and massive as knot S in the interacting Antennae galaxies evolve to merger objects that are long-lived and show properties comparable to the newly discovered UCDs. Less massive superclusters resembling knot 430 in the Antennae may evolve to ω Cen-type systems. Low-concentration superclusters are disrupted by the tidal field, dispersing their surviving star clusters while the remaining merger objects rapidly evolve into the   μ _B− M _B  region populated by low-mass Milky Way dSph satellites.  相似文献   

The period variation of DY Hercules     

Chayan Boonyarak  Shi Yang Jiang 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2007,310(3-4):285-291

In this paper the researchers collected 28 times of maximum light including 4 times of those observed at the Xinglong station, the National Astronomical Observation of China between May 27, 2004 and June 1, 2004 and 1 time of maximum light from a 60 cm telescope on May 4, 1984. It found that the O-C point distribution was more completely compared than in any papers published before. The period is decreasing at the rate of about (1.4±0.1)×10⁻⁸ per year, which should not be caused by stellar evolution. It might be only part of a binary orbital light-time variation or other unknown reason. The time scale is longer than Pocs and Szeidl’s suggestion; the star needs more observations before we can be certain of the exact light-time variation.  相似文献   

On the origin of the kinematical differences between the stellar halo and the old globular cluster system in the Large Magellanic Cloud     

Kenji Bekki 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,380(4):1669-1677

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A detailed study of the enigmatic cluster M82F     

N. Bastian  I. Konstantopoulos  L. J. Smith  G. Trancho  M. S. Westmoquette  J. S. Gallagher III 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2007,379(4):1333-1342

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Spectroscopic binaries near the North Galactic Pole paper 15: HD 106947     

R. F. Griffin 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》1988,9(3):127-136

Photoelectric radial-velocity measurements show that HD 106947 is a double-lined spectroscopic binary. The components have spectral types of about F6 V and G5 V and are in a 59-day orbit of moderate eccentricity. The system is a member of the Coma Cluster.  相似文献   

PNE: The Key to Chemical Evolution in BCDGs     

Vanessa Doublier 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2002,281(1-2):211-212

Planetary Nebulae have proven to be an essential key to understand the long term chemical enrichment of the interstellar medium due to low mass stars. They allow to study the original abundances of the star, and the effect of the star on the interstellar medium. Blue compact dwarf galaxies are known to host violent star formation in very heavy element depleted environments. They also show traces of past star formation (Doublier et al., 1999; 2001), including AGB starsand red giants which are responsible for long term enrichment. However, models fails to reproduce the low metallicities observed if those stars are taken into account. We observed PNe in BCDGs, and made a comparative study of the abundances in the HII regions and of the PNe. This revised version was published online in September 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.  相似文献   

Star cluster formation and evolution in nearby starburst galaxies – II. Initial conditions     

R. de Grijs †  P. Anders  N. Bastian  R. Lynds  H. J. G. L. M. Lamers  E. J. O'Neil  Jr 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2003,343(4):1285-1300

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The galactic infrared/submillimeter dust radiation     

P. Cox  P. G. Mezger 《Astronomy and Astrophysics Review》1989,1(1):49-83

Summary The unprecedented quality of the IRAS data prompted a series of papers reinvestigating the origin of the galactic infrared/submillimeter radiation and the nature of the heating sources of the interstellar dust. The scope of this paper is to review the main results of these new studies. Sect. 1 contains a general introduction to the subject and an overview of the earlier work. In Sect. 2 and 3, we summarize our current knowledge on dust properties and on the interstellar radiation field. Then, we present the recent interpretations of the infrared emission of our Galaxy, which are based on the IRAS data: in Sect. 4 we present the results from the galactic disk; Sect. 5 covers the question of the contribution from small dust particles, and in Sect. 6 we describe the infrared radiation from the galactic center. The nature of the heating sources and the origin of the galactic infrared radiation is then discussed in Sect. 7. Finally, Sect. 8 presents a comparison of our Galaxy with external galaxies  相似文献   

T Tauri stars     

I. Appenzeller  R. Mundt 《Astronomy and Astrophysics Review》1989,1(3-4):291-334

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