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We present for the first time extended stellar density and/or surface brightness radial profiles for almost all the known Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) old globular clusters (GCs). These were built from DECam images and reach out to ~ 4…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-02 A. E. Piatti , A. D. Mackey

We calculate the integrated galactic initial stellar mass function (IGIMF) in the presence of IMF variations in clusters. IMF Variations for a population of clusters are taken into account in the form of Gaussian distributions of the IMF…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-19 Sami Dib

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

Based on deep VLT/ISAAC JHK photometry, we have derived the present-day mass function of the central starburst cluster NGC 3603 YC (Young Cluster) in the giant HII region NGC 3603. The effects of field contamination, individual reddening,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Andrea Stolte , Wolfgang Brandner , Bernhard Brandl , Hans Zinnecker

We report the result of a study in which we have used very deep broadband V and I WFPC2 images of the R136 cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud from the HST archive, to sample the luminosity function below the detection limit of 2.8 Mo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Marco Sirianni , Antonella Nota , Claus Leitherer , Guido De Marchi , Mark Clampin

The autocorrelation function provides an objective test for the existence of special scales in the hierarchical clustering of young stars. We apply this measure to single-star photometry for the brightest main sequence stars in the Small…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-30 Mary Crone Odekon

Using a combination of high-resolution Hubble Space Telescope/WFPC2 observations, we explore the physical properties of the stellar populations in two intermediate-age star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 1831 and NGC 1868,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Chengyuan Li , Richard de Grijs , Licai Deng

Integrated spectroscopy of a sample of 17 blue concentrated Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) clusters is presented and its spectral evolution studied. The spectra span the range ~3600-6800A with a resolution of ~14A FWHM, being used to…

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

We study star cluster formation in a low-metallicity environment using three dimensional hydrodynamic simulations. Starting from a turbulent cloud core, we follow the formation and growth of protostellar systems with different metallicities…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-15 Sunmyon Chon , Kazuyuki Omukai , Raffaella Schneider

We present CCD photometric and mass function study of 9 young Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters namely NGC 1767, NGC 1994, NGC 2002, NGC 2003, NGC 2006, SL 538, NGC 2011, NGC 2098 and NGC 2136. The BVRI data reaching down to V ~ 21 mag,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. Kumar , R. Sagar , J. Melnick

Theoretical arguments and indirect observational evidence suggest that the stellar initial mass function (IMF) may evolve with time, such that it is more weighted toward high mass stars at higher redshift. Here we test this idea by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-07 Pieter van Dokkum

We present detailed chemical abundances in 8 clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We measure abundances of 22 elements for clusters spanning a range in age of 0.05 to 12 Gyr, providing a comprehensive picture of the chemical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 J. E. Colucci , R. A. Bernstein , S. A. Cameron , A. McWilliam

The characteristics of the cluster systems of the Magellanic Clouds, as inferred from integrated properties, are compared with those from individual cluster studies and from the field population. The agreement is generally satisfactory…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. S. Da Costa

The stellar initial mass function (IMF) is a key parameter to understand the star formation process and the integrated properties of stellar populations in remote galaxies. We present a spectroscopic study of young massive clusters (YMCs)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-04 Jae-Rim Koo , Hyun-Jeong Kim , Beomdu Lim

Large high-quality samples of HII regions and their parent Giant Molecular Clouds (GMC) are now available for local galaxies. It is therefore possible to investigate links between the CO and H$\alpha$ luminosity functions and whether…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-29 Jonathan Braine , Edvige Corbelli

This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the youngest stellar clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), utilising a multi-wavelength approach. We analyse data spanning from infrared to ultraviolet wavelengths, with the goal of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-13 Ricardo Chávez , Rosa Amelia González-Lópezlira , Gustavo Bruzual

Whether or not there exists a physical upper mass limit for star clusters is still unclear. HST/ACS data for the rich cluster population in the interacting galaxy M51 enables us to investigate this in more detail. We investigate whether the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-31 M. R. Haas , M. Gieles , R. A. Scheepmaker , S. S. Larsen , H. J. G. L. M. Lamers

We study the formation of globular clusters in massive compact clouds with the low-metallicity of $Z=10^{-3}~Z_{\odot}$ by performing three-dimensional radiative-hydrodynamics simulations. Considering the uncertainty of the initial mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-12 Hajime Fukushima , Hidenobu Yajima

We measure the high-mass stellar initial mass function (IMF) from resolved stars in M33 young stellar clusters. Leveraging \textit{Hubble Space Telescope's} high resolving power, we fully model the IMF probabilistically. We first model the…

Young massive clusters (YMCs) differ markedly from old globular clusters in featuring extended, rather than tidally truncated, envelopes. Their projected- luminosity profiles are well fit by Elson-Fall-Freeman (EFF) models with core radii…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francois Schweizer