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We analyzed HST/WFPC2 colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of 15 populous Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) stellar clusters with ages between ~ 0.3 Gyr and ~ 3 Gyr. These (V, B-V) CMDs are photometrically homogeneous and typically reach V \~ 22.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 L. O. Kerber , B. X. Santiago , E. Brocato

Context. Stellar clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are useful probes for studying the chemical and dynamical evolution of this neighbouring dwarf galaxy, enabling inspection of a large period covering over 10 Gyr. Aims: The main…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-17 Bruno Dias , Leandro Kerber , Beatriz Barbuy , Basilio Santiago , Sergio Ortolani , Eduardo Balbinot

The Magellanic Clouds (MCs) present a rich system of stellar clusters that can be used to probe the dynamical and chemical evolution of these neighboring and interacting irregular galaxies. In particular, these stellar clusters (SCs)…

We present a framework to simultaneously constrain the values and uncertainties of the strength of convective core overshooting, metallicity, extinction, distance, and age in stellar populations. We then apply the framework to archival…

We present an analysis of CMDs of three intermediate-age LMC clusters, namely NGC 2173, SL 556 and NGC 2155. The main goal of our project is to investigate the amount of convective core overshoot necessary to reproduce the CMDs of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 J. -H. Woo , C. Gallart , P. Demarque , S. Yi , M. Zoccali

The color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of three intermediate-age LMC clusters, NGC 2173, SL556 and NGC2155 are analyzed to determine their age and metallicity basing on Padova stellar models. Synthetic CMDs are compared with cluster data. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Bertelli , E. Nasi , L. Girardi , C. Chiosi , M. Zoccali , C. Gallart

The LMC has a rich star cluster system spanning a wide range of ages and masses. One striking feature of the LMC cluster system is the existence of an age gap between 3-10 Gyrs. But this feature is not as clearly seen among field stars.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 E. Balbinot , B. X. Santiago , L. O. Kerber , B. Barbuy , B. M. S. Dias

The LMC has a rich star cluster system spanning a wide range of ages and masses. One striking feature of the LMC cluster system is the existence of an age gap between 3-10 Gyrs. Four LMC clusters whose integrated colours are consistent with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-17 Eduardo Balbinot , Basilio Santiago , Leandro Kerber , Batriz Barbuy , Bruno Dias

We present Washington system C,T_1 CMDs of 13 star clusters and their surrounding fields which lie in the outer parts of the LMC disk. Ages are determined by means of the magnitude difference between the giant branch clump and the turnoff,…

We analyze the stellar populations of the Canis Major stellar over-density, using quantitative color-magnitude diagram (CMD) fitting techniques. The analysis is based on photometry obtained with the Wide Field Imager at the 2.2m telescope…

We present Washington system colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for 17 practically unstudied star clusters located in the bar as well as in the inner disc and outer regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Cluster sizes were estimated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Tali Palma , Juan J. Clariá , Doug Geisler , Luciana V. Gramajo , Andrea V. Ahumada

To enlarge our growing sample of well-studied star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), we present CCD Washington CT1 photometry to T1 ~ 23 in the fields of twenty-three mostly unstudied clusters located in the inner disc and outer…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Tali Palma , Juan J. Clariá , Doug Geisler , Andrés E. Piatti , Andrea V. Ahumada

In this paper, we discuss the properties of CMDs, age, metallicity and radial velocities of eight massive LMC clusters using data taken from FORS2 multiobject spectrograph at the 8.2-meter VLT/UT1. The strong near-infrared Ca II triplet…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Saurabh Sharma , J. Borissova , R. Kurtev , V. D. Ivanov , D. Geisler

This is the first of a series of three papers devoted to the calibration of a few parameters of crucial importance in the modeling of the evolution of intermediate-mass stars, with special attention to the amount of convective core…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 C. Gallart , M. Zoccali , G. Bertelli , C. Chiosi , P. Demarque , L. Girardi , E. Nasi , J. -H. Woo , S. Yi

We present high S/N integrated spectra of 24 star clusters in the LMC obtained using the FLAIR spectrograph at the UK Schmidt. The spectra have been placed onto the Lick/IDS system in order to test the calibration of Simple Stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Michael A. Beasley , Fiona Hoyle , Ray M. Sharples

We utilize nonlinear pulsation models to reproduce the observed light and color curves for two samples of bump Cepheid variables, 19 from the Large Magellanic Cloud and 9 from the Small Magellanic Cloud. This analysis determines the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. C. Keller , P. R. Wood

We present CMDs in the V and I bands for fifteen star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) based on data taken with the Very Large Telescope (VLT, Chile). We selected these clusters from our previous work, wherein we derived cluster…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-03-05 M. C. Parisi , D. Geisler , G. Carraro , J. J. Clariá , E. Costa , A. J. Grocholski , A. Sarajedini , R. Leiton , A. E. Piatti

We present new age and mass estimates for 920 stellar clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) based on previously published broad-band photometry and the stellar cluster analysis package, MASSCLEANage. Expressed in the generic fitting…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-04 Bogdan Popescu , M. M. Hanson , Bruce G. Elmegreen

We present results on the analysis of background field stars found in HST WFPC2 observations of six of the old globular clusters of the Large Magellanic Cloud. Treated as contaminants by the globular cluster analysts, we produce V-I,V…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Knut A. G. Olsen

A comparative analysis of Washington color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) for 14 star clusters and respective surrounding fields in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) outer disk is presented. Each CCD frame including field and respective cluster…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. F. C. Santos , A. E. Piatti , J. J. Claria , E. Bica , D. Geisler , H. Dottori
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