The cluster Terzan 5 as a remnant of a primordial building block of the Galactic bulge.

Abstract:

:Globular star clusters are compact and massive stellar systems old enough to have witnessed the entire history of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. Although recent results suggest that their formation may have been more complex than previously thought, they still are the best approximation to a stellar population formed over a relatively short timescale (less than 1 Gyr) and with virtually no dispersion in the iron content. Indeed, only one cluster-like system (omega Centauri) in the Galactic halo is known to have multiple stellar populations with a significant spread in iron abundance and age. Similar findings in the Galactic bulge have been hampered by the obscuration arising from thick and varying layers of interstellar dust. Here we report that Terzan 5, a globular-cluster-like system in the Galactic bulge, has two stellar populations with different iron contents and ages. Terzan 5 could be the surviving remnant of one of the primordial building blocks that are thought to merge and form galaxy bulges.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Ferraro FR,Dalessandro E,Mucciarelli A,Beccari G,Rich RM,Origlia L,Lanzoni B,Rood RT,Valenti E,Bellazzini M,Ransom SM,Cocozza G

doi

10.1038/nature08581

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-11-26 00:00:00

pages

483-6

issue

7272

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

nature08581

journal_volume

462

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