Radial variation of the stellar mass functions in the globular clusters M15 and M30: Clues of a non-standard IMF?

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dc.contributor.authorCadelano M.
dc.contributor.authorDalessandro E.
dc.contributor.authorWebb J.J.
dc.contributor.authorVesperini E.
dc.contributor.authorLattanzio D.
dc.contributor.authorBeccari G.
dc.contributor.authorGomez M.
dc.contributor.authorMonaco L.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-30T12:17:51Z
dc.date.available2024-09-30T12:17:51Z
dc.date.issued2020-12
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopus
dc.description.abstractWe exploit a combination of high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope and wide-field ESO-VLT observations to study the slope of the global mass function (αG) and its radial variation (α(r)) in the two dense, massive and post core-collapse globular clusters M15 and M30. The available data set samples the clusters' main sequence down to ∼0.2 M⊙ and the photometric completeness allows the study of the mass function between 0.40 M⊙ and 0.75 M⊙ from the central regions out to their tidal radii. We find that both clusters show a very similar variation in α(r) as a function of clustercentric distance. They both exhibit a very steep variation in α(r) in the central regions, which then attains almost constant values in the outskirts. Such a behaviour can be interpreted as the result of long-term dynamical evolution of the systems driven by mass-segregation and mass-loss processes. We compare these results with a set of direct N-body simulations and find that they are only able to reproduce the observed values of α(r) and αG at dynamical ages (t/trh) significantly larger than those derived from the observed properties of both clusters. We investigate possible physical mechanisms responsible for such a discrepancy and argue that both clusters might be born with a non-standard (flatter/bottom-lighter) initial mass function. © 2020 The Author(s).
dc.identifier.citationMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 499, Issue 2, Pages 2390-2400 1 December 2020
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/staa2759
dc.identifier.issn0035-8711
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/60654
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.subjectstars: mass function
dc.subjectglobular clusters: individual
dc.subjectGalaxy: kinematics and dynamics
dc.subjectgalaxies: star clusters: general
dc.titleRadial variation of the stellar mass functions in the globular clusters M15 and M30: Clues of a non-standard IMF?
dc.typeArtículo
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