High Resolution UV Observations of 47TUC

Details High Resolution UV Observations of 47TUC High Resolution UV Observations of 47TUC

Jul 1994

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HST Proposal ID #5191

Computer Science

Hst Proposal Id #5191 Cool Stars Old Clusters

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M15 is the archetype of the post collapse globular cluster with a very dense core unresolvable from the ground and power law surface brightness radial profile. It also exhibits a central cusp in the velocity dispersion radial profile. All this indicates that the cluster has most likely experienced core collapse. It is not clear yet what state it finds itself in now but it seems likely that it may be rebounding from its approach to the singularity either because of the production of energy producing hard binaries or of a black hole. Early HST observations of the core of M15 have been inconclusive in this regard in that the specific character of core collapse is impressed on the stellar density radial profile within 1" or so from the gravity center, well within the aberrated wings of the PSF. WF/PC observations in the U band indicate a core of radius 2.2"=0.13pc due to an unresolved stellar component fainter than U=18. Multicolor FOC observations show that there is a significant population of UV-bright stars in this area. The only way to measure this crucial radius and thus determine unambiguosly the evolutionary status of this object is to resolve the faint stars in the core with the highest possible resolution and sensitivity. Only the FOC F/96 relay with COSTAR can do this job properly, with tremendous scientific impact brought by the first measurement of a collapsed core, possible indications of a black hole, a new population of blue objects and the first observations of white dwarfs.

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