Open Clusters in the log Age vs. M_V plane
Astrophysics
2007-11-08 v2
Abstract
In the log Age vs. integrated absolute magnitude (M_V) plane, the open clusters of the Milky Way form a well-defined band parallel to theoretical sequences decribing the passive evolution of Simple Stellar Populations and display a pretty sharp upper threshold in mass (M ~ 2X 10^4 M_{sun}) over a 4 dex range of ages.
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@article{arxiv.0711.0702,
title = {Open Clusters in the log Age vs. M_V plane},
author = {M. Bellazzini and S. Perina and S. Galleti and L. Federici and A. Buzzoni and F. Fusi Pecci},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.0702},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
3 pages, 3 greyscale figures. Proceedings of the workshop "XXI Century challenges for stellar evolution", held in Cefalu' (Sicily, Italy), August 29 - September 2, 2007; S. Cassisi and M. Salaris Eds. To be published in Mem. SAIt Vol. 79 No. 2. A few relevant changes to include fundamental references that were neglected in the original manuscript