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THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PG QUASARS

  • Shin, Jaejin;Woo, Jong-Hak;Nagao, Tohru
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.74.2-74.2
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    • 2012
  • Metallicity is an important tracer of star formation in galaxy evolution. Based on the flux ratios of broad emission lines, AGN metallicity has shown a correlation with AGN luminosity. However, it is not clear what physical parameter drives the observed correlation. Using a sample 69 Palomar-Green QSOs at low-z (z<0.5), we determine BLR gas metallicity from emission line flux ratios, i.e., N V1240/C IV1549, (Si IV1398+O IV1402)/C IV1549 and N V1240/He II1640 based on the UV spectra from the HST and IUE archives. We compare BLR gas metallicity with various AGN properties, i.e., black hole mass, AGN luminosity and Eddington ratio, in order to investigate physical connection between metal enrichment and AGN activity. In contrast to high-z QSOs, which show the correlation between metallicity and black hole mass, we find that the metallicity of low-z QSOs correlates with Eddington ratio, but not with black hole mass, suggesting that metallicity enrichment mechanism is different between low-z and high-z.

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METALLICITY OF GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 5053 FROM VI CCD PHOTOMETRY

  • Sohn, Young-Jong
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.7-14
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    • 2001
  • Red giant branch shape and the luminosity of horizontal branch on the (V-I)-V CMD are used to derive the metallicity the globular cluster NGC 5053. The metallicities of NGC 5053 derived by SMR method ([Fe/H]=-2.62$\pm$0.07) and the relation between[Fe/H] and $(V-I)_{0.g}$ ([Fe/H]=-2.50) are in good agreement with previously determined values. This result confirms that the morphologies of RGB and HB on the (V-I)-V CMDs can be good indirect photometric metallicity indicators of galactic globular clusters.

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Wolf-Rayet star evolution with clumpy envelope structure

  • Jang, Hye-Eun;Yoon, Sung-Chul
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.42.2-42.2
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    • 2016
  • It is well known that theoretical models of Wolf-Rayet stars are not consistent with observational data in terms of temperature and stellar radius. Recent study in analytical and numerical simulations show the importance of density inhomogeneity in stellar envelope. Using 1-dimensional numerical simulations, we study how such clumpiness arisen over convective surface of Wolf-Rayet stars affect their evolutionary path. Starting from pure helium star models, we constructed 21 different initial conditions by varying stellar mass, metallicity, and the clumpiness of the sub-surface convection zone. We run the simulations until the oxygen-burning is reached and find that the influence of the clumpiness is sensitive to the initial metallicity. Our models with high metallicity including the effect of the density inhomogeneity can roughly explain the observed properties of Wolf-Rayet stars such as stellar radius and temperature. By contrast, despite a considerable amount of density inhomogeneity is given, low metallicity models could not fully explain observations. To understand the inconsistency in low metallicity models, detailed study with improved model is required, taking account of the error range of the observations.

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Asymmetric Mean Metallicity Distribution of the Milky Way's Disk

  • An, Deokkeun
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.49.1-49.1
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    • 2019
  • I present the mean metallicity distribution of stars in the Milky Way based on photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. I utilize an empirically calibrated set of stellar isochrones developed in previous work to estimate the metallicities of individual stars to a precision of 0.2 dex for reasonably bright stars across the survey area. I also obtain more precise metallicity estimates using priors from the Gaia parallaxes for relatively nearby stars. Close to the Galactic mid-plane (|Z| < 2 kpc), a mean metallicity map reveals deviations from the mirror symmetry between the northern and southern hemispheres, displaying wave-like oscillations. The observed metallicity asymmetry structure is almost parallel to the Galactic mid-plane, and coincides with the previously known asymmetry in the stellar number density distribution. This result reinforces the previous notion of the plane-parallel vertical waves propagating through the disk, which have been excited by a massive halo substructure such as the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy plunging through the Milky Way's disk. This work provides evidence that the Gaia phase-space spiral may continue out to |Z| ~ 1.5 kpc.

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On the interpretation of color bimodality of extra-galactic globular clusters

  • Kim, Hak-Sub;Sohn, SangmoTony;Chung, Chul;Lee, Sang-Yoon;Yoon, Suk-Jin
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.27.1-27.1
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    • 2010
  • Globular cluster (GC) systems in most galaxies, particularly in ellipticals, show bimodal color distributions. Because broadband colors trace metallicity at old ages, this phenomenon has been commonly interpreted as bimodal metallicity distributions, implying the presence of two sub-populations in the globular cluster system within a galaxy. However, a new explanation has recently been proposed, in which the non-linear nature of color-metallicity relations induced by horizontal-branch stars can produce bimodal color distributions even from unimodal metallicity distributions. In this study, we put these two explanations to the test on the origin of color bimodality, using multi-band (U,B,V and I) photometry of globular clusters in NGC 1399, the central giant elliptical galaxy in Fornax galaxy cluster. We find significant changes in the morphology of color distributions when using different colors. The observation is also well reproduced by the Monte Carlo realization of GC color when a unimodal metallicity distribution and the theoretical non-linear color-metallicity relations are assumed. We discuss the implications regarding theories on galaxy formation and evolution.

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NEAR-IR GIANT BRANCH SLOPE-METALLICITY RELATION OF OPEN CLUSTERS

  • KYEONG JAE-MANN;BYUN YONG-IK
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.137-141
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    • 2001
  • We derive a new relationship between the giant branch slope as measured in the color-magnitude diagram (K, J - K) and [Fe/H] metallicity for old open clusters. Previously such relationships have been derived for globular clusters, while similar tendency has been expected for open clusters. New derived correlation, [Fe/H]=-17.2($\pm$0.23)GB slope - 1.95($\pm$0.02), is based on a collection of data for 10 old open clusters. Most clusters behave as expected from the theoretical predictions.

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THE AGE-METALLICITY RELATION FOR FIELD DISK STARS IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD

  • Lee, See-Woo;Ann, Hong-Bae;Sung, Hwan-Kyung
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.43-61
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    • 1989
  • The ages of field stars given in the catalogue of Cayrel de Strobel et al. (1985) are derived by the five different methods with combination of theoretical isochrones. By using these ages and metal abundances homogenized by Lee and Choe (1988), the age-metallicity relations are obtained. For disk stars of [Fe/H] > -0.9, the present age-metallicity relations are nearly consistent with those given by Twarog (1980) and Carlberg et al. (1985).

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Metallicity Distribution of the Galactic Halo from SDSS Photometry

  • An, Deok-Keun
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.144.1-144.1
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    • 2011
  • We explore the metallicity distribution of the Galactic halo based on the SDSS ugriz photometry. We use empirically calibrated sets of stellar isochrones to determine distances and metallicities of individual main-sequence stars in the halo. At heliocentric distances greater than 5 kpc, we find that the in situ photometric metallicity distribution reveals chemically divided dual halo components, which supports arguments from earlier studies based on the medium resolution spectroscopy. Our finding provides an unbiased estimate of relative fractions of each of these stellar components in the Galactic halo.

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Nonlinear Color-Metallicity Relations of Globular Clusters: an Observational Approach

  • Kim, Hak-Sub;Yoon, Suk-Jin
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.2
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    • pp.50.1-50.1
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    • 2015
  • The origin of globular cluster (GC) color bimodality, which is one of the salient phenomena observed in most large galaxies, has not yet been fully resolved. The phenomenon has conventionally been interpreted as a bimodal metallicity distribution based on an assumption of linear GC color-metallicity relations (CMRs). Recent studies however suggest that nonlinear GC CMRs can cause a bimodal color distribution even from a single-peaked metallicity spread. Using photometric and spectroscopic data on GCs in NGC 5128 (Cen A) and NGC 4594 (Sombrero), we investigate the nonlinearity of GC CMRs and compare the observed GC CMRs with the predictions of stellar population simulation models. Our careful selection of old GCs effectively reduces the scatter and reveals the nonlinear nature of the GC CMRs for various colors. The overall shape of the observed CMRs agrees well with that of the modeled CMRs, while offsets are present for some colors. We discuss the implications of our results in terms of the GC color bimodality and GC formation in NGC 5128 and NGC 4594.

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PHOTOMETRIC PROPERTIES AND METALLICITY OF V1719 CYGNI

  • Kim, Chul-Hee;Yushchenko, A.V.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.44 no.3
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    • pp.73-79
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    • 2011
  • We collect 24 times of light maxima data from sources in the literature, unpublished data and open databases, and investigate the variations of the observed and calculated (O-C) values for light maxima of V1719 Cyg. We found no evidence of the variations in the (O-C) values. We estimate the effective temperature and surface gravity using both the Kurucz and MARCS/SSG grids for different metallicity values [A/H]=0.0 and +0.5 for V1719 Cyg. It is confirmed that the temperature is almost the same, but, in the case of surface gravity, the MARCS/SSG grid gives the value closest to that obtained from the period-gravity relation derived by using the pulsation-evolution theory. We obtain two spectra of V1719 Cyg from spectroscopic observation which permitted us to find the effective temperature and the surface gravity of the star directly. We estimate the metallicity and it is found that the abundance of iron is equal to the solar value.