Probing mass segregation in the globular cluster NGC 6397
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2014Author
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In this study, we present a detailed study of mass segregation in the globular cluster NGC 6397. First, we carry out a photometric analysis of projected European SouthernObservatory (ESO)– Very Large Telescope (VLT) data (between 1 and 10 arcmin from the cluster centre), presenting the luminosity function corrected by completeness. The luminosity function shows a higher density of bright stars near the central region of the data with respect to the outer region. We calculate a deprojected model ...
In this study, we present a detailed study of mass segregation in the globular cluster NGC 6397. First, we carry out a photometric analysis of projected European SouthernObservatory (ESO)– Very Large Telescope (VLT) data (between 1 and 10 arcmin from the cluster centre), presenting the luminosity function corrected by completeness. The luminosity function shows a higher density of bright stars near the central region of the data with respect to the outer region. We calculate a deprojected model (covering the whole cluster), estimating a total number of 193 000 ± 19 000 stars. The shapes of the surface brightness and density-number profiles versus the radial coordinate r (instead of the projected coordinate R) lead to a decreasing luminosity and thus mass for an average star, up to 1 arcmin, quantifying the mass segregation. The deprojected model does not show evidence of mass segregation outside this region. ...
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Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford. Vol. 442, no. 4 (Aug. 2014), p. 2278–2281
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