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We present in this study flux-calibrated integrated spectra in the range 3600-6800A for 18 concentrated SMC clusters. Cluster reddening values were estimated by interpolation between the extinction maps of Burstein & Heiles (1982, AJ, 87,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 A. E. Piatti , J. F. C. Santos , J. J. Claria , E. Bica , A. V. Ahumada , M. C. Parisi

We provide a homogeneous set of structural parameters of 83 star clusters located at the periphery of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The clusters' stellar density and surface brightness profiles were…

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

The internal kinematics of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) disk have been modeled by several studies using different tracers with varying coverage, resulting in a range of parameters. Here, we modeled the LMC disk using 1705 star clusters…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-30 S. R. Dhanush , A. Subramaniam , S. Subramanian

We have undertaken a detailed analysis of HST/WFPC2 and STIS imaging observations, and of supplementary wide-field ground-based observations obtained with the NTT of two young ~10-25 Myr) compact star clusters in the LMC, NGC 1805 and NGC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. de Grijs , R. A. Johnson , G. F. Gilmore , C. M. Frayn

Context. The properties of variable stars can give independent constraints on the star formation history of the host galaxy, by determining the age and metallicity of the parent population. Aims. We investigate the pulsation properties of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Giuliana Fiorentino , Matteo Monelli

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

We present a study of the internal structure of 82 star clusters located at the outer regions of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud using data of the VISCACHA Survey. Through the construction of the minimum spanning…

We present results on the age and metallicity estimates of the poorly studied LMC cluster SL 529, from CCD SDSS gr photometry obtained at the Gemini South telescope with the GMOS attached. The cluster MSTO region possesses an extended…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Andrés E. Piatti

In this paper we report a clustering analysis of upper main-sequence stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, using data from the VMC survey (the VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic system). Young stellar structures are identified…

We present a study of the properties of the star-cluster systems around pseudo-bulges of late-type spiral galaxies using a sample of 11 galaxies with distances from 17 to 37 Mpc. Star clusters are identified from multiband HST ACS and WFPC2…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Daiana Di Nino , Michele Trenti , Massimo Stiavelli , C. Marcella Carollo , Claudia Scarlata , Rosemary F. G. Wyse

This is the second paper in our series about the search for multiple populations in Magellanic Cloud star clusters using the Hubble Space Telescope. Here we report the detection of multiple stellar populations in the colour-magnitude…

Observations of rich LMC and SMC clusters reveal an increasing spread in core radius with age. This trend likely represents real physical evolution in these systems. Old Magellanic Cloud clusters appear either extended or compact. Similar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. D. Mackey , G. F. Gilmore

We present results from a study of the distances and distribution of a sample of intermediate-age clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Using deep near-infrared photometry obtained with ISPI on the CTIO 4m, we have measured the apparent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 A. J. Grocholski , A. Sarajedini , K. A. G. Olsen , G. P. Tiede , C. L. Mancone

We present a study of the star cluster population in the starburst irregular galaxy NGC 4449 based on B, V, I, and Ha images taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope. We derive the cluster properties such as…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Francesca Annibali , Monica Tosi , Alessandra Aloisi , Roeland P. van der Marel

The goal of this paper is to test whether the formation rate of star clusters is proportional to the star formation rate (SFR) in galaxies. As a first step, we present the mass functions of compact clusters younger than 10 Myr in seven…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-09 Rupali Chandar , S. Michael Fall , Bradley C. Whitmore

It is now well established that globular clusters (GCs) exhibit star-to-star light-element abundance variations (known as multiple stellar populations, MPs). Such chemical anomalies have been found in (nearly) all the ancient GCs (more than…

We present the first-ever global, spatially-resolved reconstruction of the star formation history (SFH) of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), based on the application of our StarFISH analysis software to the multiband photometry of twenty…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jason Harris , Dennis Zaritsky

We review the complications involved in the conversion of stellar luminosities into masses and apply a range of mass-to-luminosity relations to our Hubble Space Telescope observations of the young LMC star clusters NGC 1805 and NGC 1818.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 R. de Grijs , G. F. Gilmore , R. A. Johnson , A. D. Mackey

Whether or not the initial star cluster mass function is established through a universal, galactocentric-distance-independent stochastic process, on the scales of individual galaxies, remains an unsolved problem. This debate has recently…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-20 Weijia Sun , Richard de Grijs , Zhou Fan , Ewan Cameron