The First Extensive Exploration of UV-bright Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 2808

Abstract

In this study, we identified and characterized the hot and luminous UV-bright stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808. We combined data from the Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on-board the Indian space satellite, AstroSat, with the Hubble Space Telescope UV Globular Cluster Survey (HUGS) data for the central region (within $\sim$ $\ang[angle-symbol-over-decimal]{;2.7;} \times \ang[angle-symbol-over-decimal]{;2.7;}$) and Gaia and ground-based optical photometry for the outer parts of the cluster. We constructed the UV and UV-optical color-magnitude diagrams, compared the horizontal branch (HB) members with the theoretical zero-age HB and terminal-age HB models and identified 34 UV-bright stars. The spectral energy distributions of the UV-bright stars were fitted with theoretical models to estimate their effective temperatures (12500 K - 100,000 K), radii (0.13 to 2.2 $R_{\odot }$), and luminosities ($\sim 40$ to $3000$ $L_{\odot }$) for the first time. These stars were then placed on the H-R diagram, along with theoretical post-HB (pHB) evolutionary tracks to assess their evolutionary status. The models suggest that most of these stars are in the AGB-manqué phase and all, except three, have evolutionary masses $<$ 0.53 $M_{\odot }$. We also calculated the theoretically expected number of hot post-(early)-AGB (p(e)AGB) stars in this cluster and found the range to match our observations. Seven UV-bright stars located in the outer region of the cluster, identified from the AstroSat/UVIT images, are ideal candidates for detailed follow-up spectroscopic studies.

arXiv comment23 pages, 15 figures, 7 tables. Accepted for publication in ApJ

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