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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.14.2012.tde-20062013-155903
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Author
Full name
Rafael Miloni Santucci
E-mail
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2012
Supervisor
Committee
Rossi, Silvia Cristina Fernandes (President)
Damineli Neto, Augusto
Pinto, Helio Jaques Rocha
Title in Portuguese
Caracterização de estrelas azuis tardias no campo galáctico
Keywords in Portuguese
azuis tardias
estrelas
metalicidade
Abstract in Portuguese
As estrelas azuis tardias (blue straggler stars ou estrelas BS) são estrelas de sequência principal que apresentam um aparente atraso evolutivo em relação às suas vizinhanças. Elas foram identificadas inicialmente na sequência principal de aglomerados globulares acima do ponto de turnoff no diagrama HR. Desde então, têm sido encontradas em todos os ambientes estelares: aglomerados abertos e globulares, galáxias anãs próximas e entre as estrelas de campo na Galáxia. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é construir uma grande amostra de estrelas BS no campo galáctico. Para tanto, métodos de separação desses objetos de estrelas BHB foram comparados com critérios de seleção que envolvem parâmetros atmosféricos estimados pelo SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP). Tal procedimento permitiu incluir também estrelas com magnitudes g maiores que 18, antes excluídas pelos métodos tradicionais para objetos com razão sinal-ruído menores que 9. Os métodos apresentados neste trabalho permitiram a seleção de uma amostra de 8001 candidatas a estrelas BS que foram analisadas cinematicamente, através de suas velocidades radiais. Verificou-se que aproximadamente um quinto dessa amostra (cerca de 1500 objetos) possui características que a associa à corrente de Sagitário, sugerindo uma origem extragaláctica para tais objetos.
Title in English
Characterization of blue straggler stars in the galactic field
Keywords in English
blue stragglers
metallicity
stars
Abstract in English
Blue straggler stars (BSSs) are main sequence stars that exhibit an apparent evolutionary delay over the region where they are found in the HR diagram. They were initially identified in the main sequence of globular clusters above the turnoff point. Since then, they have been found in many different stellar environments: globular and open clusters, near dwarf galaxies, and also in the field of the Galaxy. The main goal of this work is to build a large sample of BSSs in the galactic field region. In order to accomplish this task, classical methods of separation of BSS from BHB stars were compared with proposed restrictions based on their atmospheric parameters, which are estimated by the SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP). The latter procedure allowed to include stars with magnitudes g greater than 18, not handled by traditional methods when signal-noise ratio is smaller than 9. The selection methods gathered a sample of 8001 BS stars. These stars were kinematically analyzed through their radial velocities. The results suggest that many of them (about 1500) can have extragalactic origin, associated with Sagittarius stream.
 
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2013-06-24
 
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