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The majority of Galactic globular clusters (GCs) contain multiple stellar populations displaying specific chemical abundance variations. In particular, GCs generally contain a `primordial' population with abundances similar to field stars,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-02-01 E. Leitinger , H. Baumgardt , I. Cabrera-Ziri , M. Hilker , E. Pancino

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has a unique cluster formation history in that nearly all of its globular clusters were formed either $\sim$ 13 Gyr ago or less than $\sim$ 3 Gyr ago. It is not clear what physical mechanism is responsible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 K. Bekki , W. J. Couch , M. A. Beasley , D. A. Forbes , M. Chiba , G. S. Da Costa

Abundance patterns of the elements C, N, and O are sensitive probes of stellar nucleosynthesis processes and, in addition, O abundances are an important input for stellar age determinations. Understanding the nature of the observed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 M. M. Briley , R. A. Bell , J. E. Hesser , G. H. Smith

Numerical simulations were carried out to study the origin of multiple stellar populations in the intermediate-age clusters NGC 411 and NGC 1806 in the Magellanic Clouds. We performed NBODY6++ simulations based on two different formation…

We present colour-magnitude diagrams for two rich (~10^4 Msun) Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters with ages ~10^7 years, constructed from optical and near-infrared data obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. These data are part of an…

We use N-body simulations of star clusters to investigate the possible dynamical origins of the observed spread in core radius among intermediate-age and old star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Two effects are considered, a…

The Magellanic Clouds are nearby dwarf irregular galaxies whose morphologies show different properties when traced by different stellar populations, making them an important laboratory for studying galaxy morphologies. We study the…

The origin of the chemical anomalies in star clusters is still an open question, although much effort has been employed both from a theoretical and observational point of view. The exploration of whether such multiple stellar populations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 Silvia Martocchia

Although globular clusters are generally chemically homogeneous, substantial abundance variations are sometimes seen even among unevolved main sequence stars, especially for the CNO group of elements. Multi-object intermediate-dispersion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Russell Cannon , Gary Da Costa , John Norris , Laura Stanford , Barry Croke

Differences in chemical composition among main sequence stars within a given cluster are probably due to differences in their masses and other effects such as radiative diffusion, magnetic field, rotation, mixing mechanisms, mass loss,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-01-21 T. Kilicoglu , R. Monier , L. Fossati

We present 100 multiple cluster candidates selected from the OGLE catalog of star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Statistical analysis shows that the significant fraction of these objects may constitute physical systems. Coeval ages…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. Pietrzynski , A. Udalski

Using multi-wavelength imaging from the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope we study the stellar cluster populations of two adjacent fields in the nearby face-on spiral galaxy, M83. The observations cover the galactic centre…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 N. Bastian , A. Adamo , M. Gieles , H. J. G. L. M. Lamers , S. S. Larsen , E. Silva-Villa , L. J. Smith , R. Kotulla , I. S. Konstantopoulos , G. Trancho , E. Zackrisson

The YMCA (Yes, Magellanic Clouds Again) and STEP ({The SMC in Time: Evolution of a Prototype interacting late-type dwarf galaxy) projects are deep g,i photometric surveys carried out with the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) and devoted to study…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-11 M. Gatto , V. Ripepi , M. Bellazzini , M. Cignoni , M. -R. L. Cioni , M. Dall'Ora , G. Longo , M. Marconi , P. Schipani , M. Tosi

Massive stars are key players in the evolution of galaxies, yet their formation pathway remains unclear. In this work, we use data from several galaxy-wide surveys to build an unbiased dataset of ~700 massive young stellar objects (MYSOs),…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-23 B. B. Ochsendorf , M. Meixner , J. Chastenet , A. G. G. M. Tielens , J. Roman-Duval

To study the evolution of binary star clusters we have imaged 7 systems in the Small Magellanic Cloud with SOAR 4-m telescope using B and V filters. The sample contains pairs with well-separated components (d < 30 pc) as well as systems…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. F. C. Santos , A. A. Schmidt , E. Bica

Recent Gaia photometry of the open cluster M37 have disclosed the existence of an extended main-sequence turn off -- like in Magellanic clusters younger than about 2 Gyr -- and a main sequence that is broadened in colour beyond what is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 M. Griggio , M. Salaris , S. Cassisi , A. Pietrinferni , L. R. Bedin

We present an analysis of the spatial distribution of various stellar populations within the Large Magellanic Cloud. We combine mid-infrared selected young stellar objects, optically selected samples with mean ages between ~9 and ~1000 Myr,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-24 Nate Bastian , Mark Gieles , Barbara Ercolano , Rob Gutermuth

There is increasing evidence that some massive globular clusters (GCs) host multiple stellar populations having different heavy element abundances enriched by supernovae. They usually accompany multiple red giant branches (RGBs) in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Seok-Joo Joo , Young-Wook Lee

Magellanic Clouds are of extreme importance to the study of the star formation process in low metallicity environments. In this paper we report on the discovery of pre-main sequence candidates and young embedded stellar objects in N11…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Antonella Vallenari , Emanuela Chiosi , Rosanna Sordo

In this paper we discuss the age and spatial distribution of young (age$<$1Gyr) SMC and LMC clusters using data from the Magellanic Cloud Photometric Surveys. Luminosities are calculated for all age-dated clusters. Ages of 324 and 1193…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 Katharina Glatt , Eva K. Grebel , Andreas Koch