{ "id": "2006.16355", "version": "v1", "published": "2020-06-29T20:18:48.000Z", "updated": "2020-06-29T20:18:48.000Z", "title": "Gaia and Hubble unveil the kinematics of stellar populations in the Type II globular clusters ω Centauri and M 22", "authors": [ "G. Cordoni", "A. P. Milone", "A. F. Marino", "G. S. Da Costa", "E. Dondoglio", "H. Jerjen", "E. P. Lagioia", "A. Mastrobuono-Battisti", "J. E. Norris", "M. Tailo", "D. Yong" ], "comment": "24 pages, 13 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ", "categories": [ "astro-ph.SR", "astro-ph.GA" ], "abstract": "The origin of multiple stellar populations in Globular Clusters (GCs) is one of the greatest mysteries of modern stellar astrophysics. N-body simulations suggest that the present-day dynamics of GC stars can constrain the events that occurred at high redshift and led to the formation of multiple populations. Here, we combine multi-band photometry from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and ground-based facilities with HST and Gaia Data Release 2 proper motions to investigate the spatial distributions and the motions in the plane of the sky of multiple populations in the type II GCs NGC 5139 ($\\omega\\,$Centauri) and NGC 6656 (M 22). We first analyzed stellar populations with different metallicities. Fe-poor and Fe-rich stars in M 22 share similar spatial distributions and rotation patterns and exhibit similar isotropic motions. Similarly, the two main populations with different iron abundance in $\\omega\\,$Centauri share similar ellipticities and rotation patterns. When analyzing different radial regions, we find that the rotation amplitude decreases from the center towards the external regions. Fe-poor and Fe-rich stars of $\\omega\\,$Centauri are radially anisotropic in the central region and show similar degrees of anisotropy. We also investigate the stellar populations with different light-element abundances and find that their N-rich stars exhibit higher ellipticity than N-poor stars. In $\\omega\\,$Centauri Centauri both stellar groups are radially anisotropic. Interestingly, N-rich, Fe-rich stars exhibit different rotation patterns than N-poor stars with similar metallicities. The stellar populations with different nitrogen of M 22 exhibit similar rotation patterns and isotropic motions. We discuss these findings in the context of the formation of multiple populations.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2020-06-29T20:18:48.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "stellar populations", "globular clusters", "rotation patterns", "hubble unveil", "multiple populations" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 24, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }