A high-velocity star recently ejected by an intermediate-mass black hole in M15
arxiv(2024)
摘要
The existence of intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs) is crucial for
understanding various astrophysical phenomena, yet their existence remains
elusive, except for the LIGO-Virgo detection. We report the discovery of a
high-velocity star J0731+3717, whose backward trajectory about 21 Myr ago
intersects that of globular cluster M15 within the cluster tidal radius. Both
its metallicity [Fe/H] and its alpha-to-iron abundance ratio [α/Fe] are
consistent with those of M15. Furthermore, its location falls right on the
fiducial sequence of the cluster M15 on the color-absolute magnitude diagram,
suggesting similar ages. These support that J0731+3717 is originally associated
with M15 at a confidence level of 5.4σ. We find that such a
high-velocity star (V_ ej = 548^+6_-5 km s^-1) was most likely
tidally ejected from as close as one astronomical unit to the center of M15,
confirming an IMBH (≥ 100 M_⊙ with a credibility of 98
exclusive nature of the central unseen mass proposed previously.
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