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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

Extended main-sequence turnoffs apparent in most young and intermediate-age clusters (younger than ~2 Gyr) are known features caused by fast rotating early-type (earlier than F-type) stars. Late-type stars are not fast rotators because…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 Yong Yang , Chengyuan Li , Yang Huang , Xiaowei Liu

Stellar rotation, age spread and binary stars are thought to be three most possible causes of the peculiar color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of some star clusters, which exhibit extended main-sequence turn-offs (eMSTOs). It is far from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-20 Zhongmu Li , Caiyan Mao , Liyun Zhang , Xi Zhang , Li Chen

An increasing number of young massive clusters (YMCs) in the Magellanic Clouds have been found to exhibit bimodal or extended main sequences (MSs) in their color--magnitude diagrams (CMDs). These features are usually interpreted in terms of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-09 Chengyuan Li , Richard de Grijs , Licai Deng , Antonino P. Milone

Recent studies indicate that some Galactic open clusters (OCs) exhibit extended main-sequence turnoff (eMSTO) in their colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs). However, the number of Galactic OCs with eMSTO structures detected so far is limited,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-11 Yangyang Deng , Zhongmu Li

Extended MS turn-offs are features commonly found in the colour-magnitude diagrams of young and intermediate age (less than about 2 Gyr) massive star clusters, where the MS turn-off is broader than can be explained by photometric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 C. Georgy , C. Charbonnel , L. Amard , N. Bastian , S. Ekström , C. Lardo , A. Palacios , P. Eggenberger , I. Cabrera-Ziri , F. Gallet , N. Lagarde

Recent investigations have shown that the extended main-sequence turnoffs (eMSTOs) are a common feature of intermediate-age star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds. The eMSTOs are also found in the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of young-age…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-22 Wuming Yang , Zhijia Tian

Extended main-sequence turn-offs (eMSTO) are a commonly observed property of young clusters. A global theoretical interpretation for the eMSTOs is still lacking, but stellar rotation is considered a necessary ingredient to explain the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-04 C. Johnston , C. Aerts , M. G. Pedersen , N. Bastian

Recent high-quality photometry of many star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds with ages of 1$\,-\,$2 Gyr revealed main sequence turnoffs (MSTOs) that are significantly wider than can be accounted for by a simple stellar population (SSP).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Paul Goudfrooij , Leo Girardi , Philip Rosenfield , Alessandro Bressan , Paola Marigo , Matteo Correnti , Thomas H. Puzia

We discuss new photometry from high-resolution images of 7 intermediate-age (1-2 Gyr) star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on board the Hubble Space Telescope. We fit color-magnitude…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Paul Goudfrooij , Thomas H. Puzia , Vera Kozhurina-Platais , Rupali Chandar

The extended main-sequence turn-offs (eMSTOs) and extended red clumps (eRCs) observed in intermediate-age star clusters challenge the traditional understanding of clusters as simple stellar populations. Recently, eMSTOs have been…

The colour-magnitude diagrams of some intermediate-age clusters (1-2 Gyr) star clusters show unexpectedly broad main-sequence turnoffs, raising the possibility that these clusters have experienced more than one episode of star formation.…

Research has shown that many young and intermediate-age clusters (younger than $\sim$2 Gyr) have extended main sequences and main-sequence turnoffs (eMSTOs), which cannot be adequately described by a single isochrone. The reason for the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-04-19 Yutian Bu , Chenyu He , Li Wang , Jiamao Lin , Chengyuan Li

We present new analysis of 11 intermediate-age (1-2 Gyr) star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud based on Hubble Space Telescope imaging data. Seven of the clusters feature main sequence turnoff (MSTO) regions that are wider than can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Paul Goudfrooij , Thomas H. Puzia , Rupali Chandar , Vera Kozhurina-Platais

Nearly all the star clusters with ages of ~1-2 Gyr in both Magellanic Clouds exhibit an extended main-sequence turn off (eMSTO) whose origin is under debate. The main scenarios suggest that the eMSTO could be either due to multiple…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-23 A. P. Milone , A. F. Marino , F. D'Antona , L. R. Bedin , G. S. Da Costa , H. Jerjen , A. D. Mackey

We show that the extended main sequence turnoffs seen in intermediate age Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) clusters, often attributed to age spreads of several hundred Myr, may be easily accounted for by variable stellar rotation in a coeval…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-02 Timothy D. Brandt , Chelsea X. Huang

We use the Geneva Syclist isochrone models that include the effects of stellar rotation to investigate the role that rotation has on the resulting colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) of young and intermediate age clusters. We find that if a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-09 F. Niederhofer , C. Georgy , N. Bastian , S. Ekström

The presence of extended Main Sequence Turn-Off (eMSTO) in the open clusters has been attributed to various factors, such as spread in rotation rates, binary stars, and dust-like extinction from stellar excretion discs. We present a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-28 Jayanand Maurya , M. R. Samal , Louis Amard , Yu Zhang , Hubiao Niu , Sang Chul Kim , Y. C. Joshi , B. Kumar

With the goal of untangling the origin of extended main-sequence turnoffs (eMSTOs) and extended red clumps (eRCs) in star clusters, in this work we present the study of the intermediate-age cluster NGC 419, situated along the Bridge of the…

Intermediate-age star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud show extended main sequence turn offs (MSTOs), which are not consistent with a canonical single stellar population. These broad turn offs have been interpreted as evidence for…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-11-23 Ricardo Salinas , Michael A. Pajkos , Jay Strader , A. Katherina Vivas , Rodrigo Contreras Ramos